CAG REPORT
Rajiv Gandhi hospital wasted life-saving, other drugs worth ₹16cr: Audit
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: 10.07.2018
One of the largest organ transplant centres in the public sector, Chennai’s Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, has wasted ₹9.34 crore worth of life-saving immune suppressants by placing orders in excess, the comptroller and auditor general of India has alleged.
In addition, they also ordered another drug Bromociptine used to treat gynaecological problems and Parkinson’s disease in excess.
The inflated requirement by the hospital and “failure to exercise control by director of medical education (DME) and Tamil Nadu Medical Service Corporation resulted in excess procurement of medicines and consequent loss of ₹16.17 crore due to expiration of medicines,” the report concluded.
In December 2013, the DME submitted requirement of 45 medicines in the essential drug list for 37 hospitals under its control. “Every hospital’s requirement is listed out by the pharmacist after collecting information from the doctors,” said a senior official at the directorate of drugs control.
In this case, the requirement did not have signature of either the MSO or the hospital dean before submission to the DME. Hospital dean has told the comptroller’s office the medical stores officer placed orders for the immune suppressant, Tacrolimus and Bromociptine “far in excess” by oversight because he
did not calculate the number of tablets in each unit he ordered.
Against the overall consumption of 5.46 lakh capsules of Tacrolimus and 7,000 tablets of Bromociptine, the hospital ordered 1.8 crore capsules and 96 lakh tablets respectively.
A two member committee recommended a detailed inquiry, but no further action was taken. Though, the requisition from the hospital came without signature, the DME passed it without any inquiry. TNMSC too did not restrict the procurement, it said.
To prevent future lapses, the DME has created a section headed by technical officers and made it mandatory for hospital heads to furnish authenticated copy based on requirements. The auditor also rapped the government for wasting money on a stem cell research centre at Stanley Medical College Hospital.
Rajiv Gandhi hospital wasted life-saving, other drugs worth ₹16cr: Audit
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: 10.07.2018
One of the largest organ transplant centres in the public sector, Chennai’s Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, has wasted ₹9.34 crore worth of life-saving immune suppressants by placing orders in excess, the comptroller and auditor general of India has alleged.
In addition, they also ordered another drug Bromociptine used to treat gynaecological problems and Parkinson’s disease in excess.
The inflated requirement by the hospital and “failure to exercise control by director of medical education (DME) and Tamil Nadu Medical Service Corporation resulted in excess procurement of medicines and consequent loss of ₹16.17 crore due to expiration of medicines,” the report concluded.
In December 2013, the DME submitted requirement of 45 medicines in the essential drug list for 37 hospitals under its control. “Every hospital’s requirement is listed out by the pharmacist after collecting information from the doctors,” said a senior official at the directorate of drugs control.
In this case, the requirement did not have signature of either the MSO or the hospital dean before submission to the DME. Hospital dean has told the comptroller’s office the medical stores officer placed orders for the immune suppressant, Tacrolimus and Bromociptine “far in excess” by oversight because he
did not calculate the number of tablets in each unit he ordered.
Against the overall consumption of 5.46 lakh capsules of Tacrolimus and 7,000 tablets of Bromociptine, the hospital ordered 1.8 crore capsules and 96 lakh tablets respectively.
A two member committee recommended a detailed inquiry, but no further action was taken. Though, the requisition from the hospital came without signature, the DME passed it without any inquiry. TNMSC too did not restrict the procurement, it said.
To prevent future lapses, the DME has created a section headed by technical officers and made it mandatory for hospital heads to furnish authenticated copy based on requirements. The auditor also rapped the government for wasting money on a stem cell research centre at Stanley Medical College Hospital.
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