By SIMON MUNTEMBAIT is not true that Government is dispensing expired medicines to various health centres, opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) president Chishimba Kambwili has said.Mr Kambwili said that he had made an impromptu visit to both Medical Stores in Lusaka and the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) to verify if HoneyBee had supplied expired drugs, and found that it was not true.This follows allegations that HoneyBee Pharmacy had supplied toxic drugs after being illegally awarded a US$17 million supply tender by the Ministry of Health.According to a statement issued by NDC deputy media director Kaoma Musonda, Mr Kambwili on Friday last week visited Medical Stores and ZMRA and discovered that the allegations were false.Mr Kambwili who condemned public health care misinformation, said what he saw was contrary to what was peddled in the media.He said after interacting with authorities at Medical Stores and ZAMRA, he was assured that Government was not dispensing expired medicines […]
Govt not dispensing expired drugs – Kambwili
