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SRINAGAR: Minister for Health & Medical Education, Bali Bhagat has called for making the functioning of J&K Medical Supplies Corporation Limited (JKMSCL) more vibrant and transparent so that it becomes a complete autonomous institution in the years to come. He said JKMSCL has an important mandate of procuring quality medicines and other diagnostic gadgets for the Government health institutions across the State, for which the government will take every possible step to strengthen it.
While reviewing the functioning of the Corporation at a high-level meeting held here on Wednesday, the Minister called upon the MD, JKMSCL and heads of Kashmir based health institutions to maintain close coordination to clear various bottlenecks in ensuring the timely procurement and supply of medicines and diagnostic equipments to the health institutions to make the patient care more efficient on ground. He urged the heads of the institutions to put in timely requisitions for the medicines and equipments and funds to the Corporation enabling it to make purchases accordingly.
Minister of State for Health & Medical Education, Asiea Naqash was also present in the meeting. In order to meet the emergencies regarding urgent requirement of essential drugs by the health institutions, the Minister directed for constituting a Committee of concerned to decide the mechanism for purchasing particular drugs or other life saving diagnostic materials from the market till the Corporation makes permanent arrangements for the requirements.
Managing Director, JKMSCL, Dr. Yashpal Sharma gave a detailed account of activities of the Corporation.
