The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority has alleged that employees of the hospital's pharmacy department caused a loss of over 29.1 million rupees to the hospital by committing serious irregularities in medicine procurement and inventory inspection.
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The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority has filed a corruption case against eight individuals on charges that employees working in the pharmacy branch of the Civil Service Employees Hospital (Civil Hospital) colluded with medicine suppliers to enter supply records into the billing software without actual delivery, failed to return expired medicines or claim compensation, and caused damage and loss to public property.
According to the Commission, the investigation confirmed that pharmacy unit in-charges Dinesh Pant, Deepa Dhungana, Lavendra Kunwar, and Deepak Sapkota; storekeepers Binod Pokharel, Keshavraj Neupane, Sharmila Shrestha; and pharmacy assistant Sandip Tiwari committed serious irregularities in the operation of the hospital pharmacy by abusing their positions.
It was also stated that they failed to prepare the trial balance of medicine purchases, sales, and stock, which is required at the end of each fiscal year, and this issue was also pointed out in the report of the Auditor General for the fiscal year 2077/78.
The investigation revealed that expired medicines worth tens of millions of rupees were left in the hospital store, medicines that should have been replaced or compensated for by suppliers as per the agreement were not returned, and even in cases where deductions should have been made from the deposit amount, responsible employees in the pharmacy branch provided false written information stating "there are no expired medicines," resulting in the return of suppliers' deposits. According to the detailed report of the committee led by the head of the Medical Division of the Civil Service Employees Hospital, this caused a loss of public property equivalent to Rs. 29,134,547.37 to the hospital. On this basis, the Commission stated that it filed an indictment at the Special Court, Kathmandu on Wednesday, demanding recovery of the loss and punishment according to the law against the concerned defendants.
