Fri, 18 Nov 2016 14:08:09 +0000 ANTI-Retroviral and other drugs worth K13,750,821 procured by the Ministry of Health have expired and a board of survey has since been constituted to dispose of the drugs, permanent secretary Peter Mwaba told the Parliamentary Accounts Committee yesterday. The committee also interrogated the health permanent secretary over undelivered medical equipment worth K22,701,785 despite the supplier being overpaid by K23,122,641 as reported by the Auditor General. Dr Mwaba blamed Medical Stores Limited for accepting drugs worth so much money when the supplier knew about the short shelf life. But Dr Mwaba, who is the controlling officer in the Ministry of Health, disclosed that Zambia was supplied with Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) laboratory commodities that had a short shelf lifespan through a K7,289,648 (US$1,041,378.34) contract awarded to Scientific Group Limited. Appearing before the committee, Dr Mwaba said it was regrettable that MSL accepted the drugs with a short shelf lifespan. He explained […]
