Mysore/Mysuru: The issue of shortage of drugs in Government Hospitals, including Primary Health Centres (PHCs), at a time when the deadly COVID pandemic is on a rampage in the district, reverberated at the District Minister S.T. Somashekar’s meeting with people representatives at ZP hall here yesterday.
Soon as the meeting commenced, District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. T. Amarnath attributed the delay in drug delivery to COVID crisis. Maintaining that all Government Hospitals, including PHCs, are being supplied drugs dispatched by Karnataka State Drugs Logistics and Warehousing Society (KDLWS), he said that due to shortage of drugs, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) had permitted purchase of COVID medicines under State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), following which medicines worth Rs. 25 lakh has been purchased.
