AG finds critical flaws in pharmaceutical control at state health institutions

The auditor-general has identified critical flaws in the storage and management of medical supplies‚ recording of patients’ details as well as the keeping of records of medication dispensed to patients at government health depots and health institutions. In his audit report on the performance and management of pharmaceuticals at the Department of Health‚ released in Pretoria on Wednesday‚ auditor-general Kimi Makwetu found that 63% of public health facilities failed to take down patients’ detai...