Health Minister Narottam Mishra while replying to the adjournment motion brought up by the main Opposition Congress in the State Assembly on Tuesday informed the House that the medicines and medical instruments purchase system in the State is transparent.
In the written reply, Mishra said, “A transparent system has been made in the state for purchase of medicines and medical instruments and to ensure that only quality medicines are purchased it has been decided that medicines would be purchased only from WHO Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certified companies.”
Mishra further said that Madhya Pradesh is the first State of the country where WHO GMP certified medicines are purchased besides to ensure quality of medicines there is a three tier medicine testing system that is done through National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration laboratories (NABl) recognized laboratory.
He said that the medicine purchasing system of the State has been applauded by the Government of India and WHO.
Under the purchasing system of the State purchasing orders are given at the district level and payments are also done at the district level only after getting assured of quality this is done in order to maintain demand and supply ratio.
He said that the MP Government to ensure purchase of only high quality and standard medicines, medical instruments and related material constituted MP health Services Corporation limited in the year 2013.
The Corporation by adopting e-tender system at state level fixes rates for medicines, medical instruments and related material while the purchase of medicines and payments are done at district level, he added.
The minister assured the house that the health department is determined that painful incidence like Barwani should not be repeated in the future.