Public Accounts Committee flags Rs22.8m drug shortage at Quetta hospital
• Raises concern over irregularities in medicine purchases at Sandeman Provincial Civil Hospital • Hospital and health officials failed to produce complete records; committee gives health dept 15 days to submit records QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has expressed serious concern over alleged irregularities in the purchase of medicines worth millions of rupees…
The Balochistan Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has raised serious concerns over irregularities in the purchase of medicines and the reported disappearance of drugs worth Rs22.825 million from the central store of Sandeman Provincial Civil Hospital in Quetta. The committee directed the health department and hospital administration to submit all relevant records within 15 days, warning that failure to provide satisfactory explanations could lead to recommendations for referring the matter to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) or registration of an FIR.
The PAC’s chairman, Asghar Ali Tareen, expressed strong displeasure over the health department's failure to provide complete records on time and its alleged non-compliance with previous directives. The committee reviewed audit paragraphs concerning irregularities in medicine procurement and the missing drugs, highlighting discrepancies in supply orders, missing entries in the stock register, and the absence of delivery challans and inspection reports.
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