COA: ₱18-B worth of undistributed medicine stocked in DOH warehouses

The Commission on Audit has found that the Department of Health has over ₱18 billion worth of drugs and medicine lying idle in their warehouses.

The state audit agency said the DOH defied the World Health Organization, which recommended that storage level should be based on an average time of distribution of six to nine months. The COA also cast doubt on the completeness of the DOH’s reporting of the remaining drugs it has on hand for distribution, as a department order allows it to declare and admit only a portion of this.

The COA warned that if “ineffective and poor” procurement planning and inventory management go unchecked, these can have “chilling effects” on the implementation of the Universal health Care law.The COA also found that around ₱367 million worth of drugs and medicine were almost expired.

How many poor patients suffering from cancer and other costly diseases could have benefited from that ₱18 billion.

Matagal na po nila yan gawain. Kawawa naman ang mga may sakit

Kingina nyo talaga DOHgovph

If we could just set aside politics and do what is just, then a lot of people could benefit from the medications still stocked in warehouses. Cut the red tape, let people know what’s available and just help each other out.

How could you, DOHgovph?

Wlang hiya anong ginagawa ni duque? Bakit kya hindi pato nattanggal ni digong ang dami nyang issue kabuset.

Its all about politics and corruption! What Duterte shd do is to fire people from past admin specially the head, who r stealingmoney, controlling &stopping the distribution of these medicines to local hospitals &health centers so the people will feel neglected by the government

Fear of dengvaxia has spread to other health programs. Mothers of public school students are refusing to be vaccinated with free HpV which costs 14T pesos.. even deworming was affected..

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