New Delhi : In a letter dated Sunday, the Delhi Vigilance Secretary requested that the Health Secretary take out all “non-standard medicines” from the hospitals’ supply.
The Vigilance Secretary referred to multiple lab reports from Delhi Drugs Testing Laboratory as well as additional reports from government-approved private laboratories concerning the “Not of Standard Quality Drugs” in his letter to the Delhi Health Secretary.
He requested that the Health Secretary make sure that all medications that do not meet the recommended standards are promptly counted and seized in accordance with the law on a war footing.
“No further payment is made to such companies. That all the failed drugs may be immediately identified and should be removed from the stock of all the hospitals where such drugs have been supplied so as to ensure that the general public are not administered with such ‘Not of Standard Quality Drugs’,” the Vigilance Secretary said.
He also asked the Health Secretary to clarify since when these drugs are being procured and supplied and how much payment is made till now to these companies and manufacturers and how much payment is pending.
“Besides this, you are requested to take possession of all the documents related to the procurement of drugs inter-alia including tender documents and files relating to the same immediately and provide the original copy of the same to the Directorate of Vigilance, on or before December 26,” he wrote in his letter.
He also asked the Health Secretary to provide terms and conditions of the appointment of dealers or distributors for execution of supply in respect of above failed drugs.
The Vigilance Secretary has also sought action taken report to be submitted within next 48 Hours.
A massive row erupted in Delhi after L-G V K Saxena recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) enquiry in the matter of non-standard drugs procured and supplied in Delhi government hospitals.
According to officials, Saxena in his note to Chief Secretary mentioned that it’s concerning that these medicines are being given to lakhs of patients
The L-G also expressed his displeasure with the substantial budgetary allotment for procurement.
On Saturday, the Delhi government retaliated as well, claiming that it had already filed a complaint with the L-G against the officer.
The person who put an end to the Farishtey Scheme, according to the source, was Health Secretary Deepak Kumar.
The source added that the officer had previously been taken to court by the Supreme Court.
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