Mumbai, (UNI) The Maharashtra government has decided to carry out third-party check of samples of medicines supplied through the state’s medical goods procurement authority, a minister said on Wednesday.
Taking part in a review meeting of his department, Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Prakash Aambitkar directed that samples of medicines supplied through the Maharashtra Medical Goods Procurement Authority should be checked in a third-party manner.
Aambitkar said the hospitals should be provided good quality medicines from reputed companies. The ‘drug content’ of the currently given medicines should be checked.
Aambitkar said the emphasis will be on providing quality healthcare facilities to the people of the state through excellent medical treatment, medicines and ancillary services.
The Maharashtra Medical Supplies Procurement Authority should be empowered and the necessary manpower should be made available for it. The rate agreements entered into by the authorities with the companies should be checked.
A specific procedure should be developed to ensure quality medicines are available to poor patients. Strict action should be taken against those concerned if found guilty in the examination of drug samples, he said.
According to the Bombay Nursing Act, registered hospitals have to publish their examination and facility rates in prominent form in the hospitals. Care should be taken that the patients are not cheated financially in any way, he added.
