Six Containers Full Of Drugs Stored In Ratmalana And Paliyagoda SPC Stores Are Expired?

Six Containers full of Imported Unnecessary Drugs Worth Millions Of Rupees stored in State Pharmaceuticals Co-Operation's(SPC) stores in Ratmalana and paliyagoda are Expired or nearing to Get Expired Due to Not using them. it also Reducing the Space for Storage of Newly Arrived Essential Drugs Imported for the Government Hospitals SPC Sources said.Out of these Drug Containers Two Containers are in Ratmalana Stores and Four are in Paliyagoda stores belongs to the private Contractor Of the SPC. Some of these Drugs are already Expired according to the SPC Sources.
Spending Large amount of Money to Import Large Stock of Unnecessary Drugs instead of Essential Drugs is Waste of SPC Money Sources further added. Ratmalana SPC Stores only allowed to Store Drugs worth around Rs 600 Million but at Present there are more then Rs.1000 Million worth of Drugs in the Stores sources stressed.