CAG of India2023-07-192023-07-192022https://resourcerepository.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/handle/apurr/38This is a performance audit of procurement and supply of drugs in central government health services, a scheme of the Union Government's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare that provides comprehensive healthcare facilities to Central Government employees, pensioners and their dependents enrolled under the scheme. Introduced in the year 1954, the scheme provides comprehensive medical care facilities to 38.50 lakh beneficiaries in 74 cities through 331 wellness centres. The facilities and drugs are provided through a large network of wellness centres, polyclinics and labs. CGHS has also empanelled private hospitals and diagnostic centres in different cities for carrying out investigations and indoor treatment facilities. Drugs against the prescription of CGHS doctors, doctors of Government hospitals and empanelled hospitals, are issued from the wellness centres. The procurement, storage and distribution of medicines are undertaken by the Medical Stores Organization (MSO)3 through Government Medical Stores Depots (GMSDs) on the basis of indents raised by CGHS. A Performance audit covering the period 2016-17 to 2020-21 was conducted to examine how efficient and effective was the system of procurement and supply of drugs and re-imbursement of medical claims in CGHS and to make suitable recommendations for strengthening the implementation process of the scheme.EnglishAudit Report