National Auditor Rebukes Jharkhand Over Expired Vaccines For Children
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The CAG also indicted an entity under Jharkhand health department for inordinate delays in meeting the quality test formalities that led to the expiry of medicines worth Rs 82.4 lakh.
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), in its latest report on Wednesday, rebuked the Jharkhand Health Department for administering expired and substandard vaccines to children in some district hospitals.
It also indicted Jharkhand Medical and Health Infrastructure Development and Procurement Corporation Limited (JMHIDPCL) -- an entity under the state Health Department -- for inordinate delays in meeting the quality test formalities that led to the expiry of medicines worth Rs 82.40 lakh.
A performance audit of district hospital outcomes in Jharkhand, covering the period 2014-19, was carried out during 2019-20 with the objective of assessing the quality of medical services and patient care being provided by the district hospitals in the state.
"In district hospital (DH), Ramgarh, 410 doses of Hepatitis-B vaccines with shelf life up to October 2018 were administered to children between November 2018 and January 2019," the CAG said in the audit report tabled in the assembly.
