The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Sindh Assembly on Monday ordered an audit of the billions of rupees spent on the purchase of medicines for the provincial government-run hospitals and medical facilities across the province, apprehending substandard drugs were being purchased by the health department.
The PAC meeting, headed by its Chairman Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, also directed the auditor general of Pakistan to provide technical staff to the director general of Sindh audit for verification of medicine procurement.
Attended among others by PAC Members Qasim Siraj Soomro, Taha Ahmed and Rehan Rajput, and Health Secretary Rehan Baloch, the meeting reviewed the audit reports of the health department for years 2018 and 2019.
Answering a question asked by a committee member, the health secretary said that tenders were given through the procurement committee for the purchase of medicines in the health department.
