life-saving drugs found in hospital's septic tank

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The district administration has found a massive quantity of life-saving drugs in the District Hospital's septic tank during an inspection. The inspection was carried out by Collector Illaya T Raja and a quality control team from Bhopal yesterday. Drug Deputy Manager Himanshu Tripathi said that a large quantity of expired medicines was also seized.

Besides, the store record was not maintained properly. He said that several expired medicines had been locally purchased but not distributed to patients. The seized medicines are valued at Rs 7 lakh. Taking serious note of the matter, the Collector formed an inquiry team and suspended storekeeper DK Gaud. A proposal has been sent to suspend nodal officer SK Vyas.

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