Kozhikode: Due to non-payment of dues of crores, suppliers have stopped supplying medicine to Kozhikode Medical College Hospital. The suppliers are of the stand that they will not provide the medicine without paying the dues. The supply of medicine to the medical college hospital may be completely disrupted within two days.
Kozhikode Medical College Hospital owes about seventy five lakh rupees to suppliers. The arrears are on purchases of life-saving drugs, surgical instruments and fluids. Kozhikode Medical College is one of the health centers in the country that distributes medicines for diseases including cancer at low cost.
The government owes around Rs 75 lakh to the suppliers of Kozhikode Medical College Hospital. The arrears are on purchases of life-saving drugs, surgical instruments and fluids. Kozhikode Medical College is also a place where you can get medicine for diseases like cancer at low cost. As the supply of medicine is not in crisis, the patients are in a situation where they have to buy medicine for Rs. 8,000 for Rs. 30,000.
The suppliers say that the supply of pacemaker and stents will also be stopped if the dues are not cleared. It is indicated that currently the urology, nephrology and ortho departments have been affected by the suspension of drug supply.
