Health Sector Leaders Must Ensure Quality, Safety Of Drugs Procurement System – Experts
Dr. Babatunde Ipaye Chioma Umeha Leaders in the health sector have been tasked to ensure all health institutions’ drugs procurement system was safeguarded to guarantee quality. Dr Babatunde Ipaye, Ogun State Commissioner for Health made the call at a Leadership Retreat and Health Summit organised by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos State Chapter on Monday in Lagos. Ipaye explained, whatever system is adopted will eventually translate to what the patients will consume. “The way we procure drugs must be streamlined to ensure technical and financial efficiency so that the quality is guaranteed and all the logistic outlines from the point of procurement. “Also, we must procure where possible, from the manufacturers and where the manufacturers are not in the country, we must procure from distributors or sales agents that have got manufacturer’s authorisation. “This will allow everybody takes drugs and sell to the hospitals. “This will not allow room for