It was revealed at Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) that 80% of surgical consumables bought by Sri Jayewardenepura Hospital for its neurosurgical unit, spending nearly Rs 5 million has expired.
The COPE instructed the Secretary of the Health Ministry to provide a report on the matter within two weeks.
It was questioned which steps would be taken against the officials who are responsible for purchasing the said surgical consumables and letting the stock to be expired.
Furthermore, the COPE questioned as to why the hospital spent Rs 1.8 million for software and another Rs 19.7 million to scan documents and upload them. The committee instructed the hospital authorities to conduct an audit of this and provide a report within two weeks.
