Punjab Government will set up scientifically designed three regional warehouses at Verka, Amritsar, Bathinda and Kharar, Ajitgarh. These warehouses are being established by Punjab Health System Corporation with the cost of Rs 376.39 lakh.
Announcing this, Madan Mohan Mittal, Punjab Minister for Health and Family Welfare said that these regional warehouses are being constructed as per the designs of warehouses of Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation (TNMSC). Construction of these three Regional Warehouses is expected to be completed by October 31, 2013.
He said that Warehouse at Verka, Amritsar is being constructed with the cost of Rs 141.21 lakh, warehouse at Bathinda is being constructed with the cost of Rs 116.53 lakh and warehouse at Kharar, Ajitgarh is being constructed with the cost of Rs 118.65 lakh. Mittal said that Punjab Government is presently providing more than 300 medicines free in the Government hospitals and this number would be increased in the near future. He said that these ware houses are being setup for storage and timely distribution of medicines and putting in place an online inventory management system for ensuring effective online management and monitoring of drugs.
The Minister added that this would also bring transparency in the supply and purchase of drugs. These warehouses would be equipped with all ultra modern facilities for safe storage of drugs.
Vinni Mahajan, Principal Secretary for Health and Family Welfare Department said that the online link between State Headquarter, Regional warehouses and hospitals would enable assessment of requirements of drugs as per the past consumption pattern, deciding reordering levels, identify fast and slow moving drugs, monitor testing of drugs by generating secret codes, monitor value of drugs drawn from the stores by the hospitals vis-a-vis performance/ norm/ workload/ entitlement of the hospitals, supplier wise track record to provide a profile of suppliers, tracking of supplies from the manufacturing premises of the suppliers to the regional warehouses.