DOH, may paglilinaw hinggil sa report ng COA kaugnay sa mga umano’y expired at hindi nagamit na gamot

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00:00 The Department of Health has stated that the expiry of 1% of the 7.4 billion pesos of medicines

00:06 and other inventory items that were listed by the Commission on Audit is lower than 1%

00:11 According to the DOH, 0.03% of their inventory items are considered expired

00:18 while 1.16% are expected to be expired.

00:22 The agency also stated that 95% of the listed value of the COA is not expired

00:28 but slow-moving, undistributed, or overstocked inventories.

00:32 As for expired medicines, the DOH stated that most of these are no longer used

00:38 due to the low number of patients who go to the hospital due to the fear of contracting COVID-19

00:44 while other expired stocks in DOH regional offices are no longer distributed

00:50 due to the refusal of implementing units to accept the new stocks.

00:55 The DOH also stated that 86% of the inventories are distributed to the Center for Health Development

01:01 and other health facilities.

01:03 The agency also stated that 14% of the remaining inventory items are to be distributed before the end of the year.