Hwande Destroys Expired Drugs Worth N100M In Benue

The newly appointed Chief Medical Director, Benue State Teaching Hospital, Dr. Terungwa Stephen Hwande in a quest to bring about accurate and effective treatment and administration of effective medications to patients at the state teaching hospital, has literally destroyed by burning, a hundred million naira (N100,000,000) worth of expired drugs laying stock at the hospital’s drug store.

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The rationale behind this sanitary exercise, according to the MD, was to ensure that no out of date medications were found within the health facility so as to curtail the administration of harmful and toxic drugs to patients, adding that this would also aid in the restoration of the hospital’s lost reputation.

The destruction of the expired drugs was conducted on Friday, 3rd November, 2023, in the very presence of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) as well as the Special Adviser on Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs to Governor Hyacinth Alia, Hon. Fidelis Unongo, amongst others.