Thiruvananthapuram, Keralam Minister K Muraleedharan on Saturday denied reports of a shortage of medicines in government hospitals and alleged that pharmaceutical companies were behind claims highlighting such a crisis.
“There is no crisis at all. There is sufficient stock of medicines. On the proposed All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Keralam, the minister rejected Union Minister Suresh Gopi’s allegation that the state government was not cooperating with the Centre. “If he asks for it, I can show him a copy. Then why unnecessarily blame the State Government? “The government is providing full support to the Travancore Devaswom Board.
A meeting chaired by Chief Minister V D Satheesan would be held at Pampa on October 17 to review the arrangements, he said. Therefore, what we expect is that things can be conducted without any issues,” he said.
Speaking to reporters, the Health minister described the reports as a “media creation” and maintained that adequate stocks were available in government hospitals. If needed, you can ask the Superintendent or anyone whether there is medicine stock or not,” he said. Reiterating that medicines were available in sufficient quantities at government hospitals, Muraleedharan said he would not be intimidated by such allegations. Muraleedharan said.
