On the direction of Ganjam district Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange, five teams of officers led by Brahmapur Sub-Collector Diganta Routray on Monday raided four Niramaya, RSBY and BKKY centres in the MKCG Medical College Hospital premises.
The teams led by the CDMO and the ADMO raided medicine stores in the hospital premises and found that some varieties of medicines were not available.
Similarly, another team comprising Brahmapur Drug Inspector Priya Ranjan Nayak, Brahmapur Tehsildar Dayamaya Padhy, Additional Tehsildar Gyanjeet Tripathy and Kukuda Khandi Tehsildar Subash Chandra Rout scrutinised the prescriptions issued by the doctors to patients.
They found that the medicines prescribed to the patients were not available in the Niramaya centres and started investigation. The teams also inspected records pertaining to medicines distributed and funds spend for treatment of patients under the RSBY and BKKY schemes. ADMO Dr P Kurmaya said appropriate action would be taken against the offenders after a detail investigation.