CIAA locks pharmacy

Kathmandu, Nov 16-The Commission for Investigation of the Abuse of Authority (CIAA) locked a pharmacy at Martyr Sukralal Tropical Communicable disease Hospital citing irregularities in awarding rent of shutters.

The CIAA, which is investigating into alleged irregularities committed by public hospital authorities while awarding rent of stalls and shutters built within the premises of the hospitals to private pharmacies, took the step as the pharmacy did not pay rent to the hospital, according to reports.

The CIAA also asked hospital administration to recover rent and close the shop after interrogating Director of the Hospital Kokila Shrestha.

According to CIAA sources, the hospital is yet to recover over 1.3 million rupees from Dil Kumar Bisural, who has been operating pharmacy at two shutters of hospital.

The CIAA also said that hospital administration gave shutters on rent in low price and made contract for five years against the bid notice of two years.

The CIAA also suspended ten illegally recruited non-Nepalese doctors employed at Bheri Zonal Hospital Nepalgunj on Tuesday.

According to the CIAA sources, following the complaints filed at the Commission, it has formed different investigation teams to monitor and prepare field report after making field inspections on the alleged misuses. The teams have been looking minutely on the irregularities both inside and outside the valley, reports said.

According to reports CIAA is doing field investigation alleged irregularities in the government hospitals of Janakpur, Biratnagar, Rajbiraj, Birjung and Nepalgunj.