Pharmaceutical company to be visited by ALMG

Minas 247 - The company SaúdeLog, contracted by the state government to manage the distribution of medicines and supplies for public health in Minas Gerais, will be visited by the Health Committee of the Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais (ALMG). The decision to conduct the technical visit was made in light of the recent diagnosis by the Fernando Pimentel (PT) administration in the state, indicating that several medications were lost due to negligence by the PSDB administration regarding medicines stored in Contagem, in the Metropolitan Region.

According to state representative Antônio Jorge Marques (PPS), who submitted the request for the technical visit, the objective is to list the medications in the Government's possession, so that the Legislative branch knows what they are, how many there are, when they were acquired, and their expiration dates. According to the representative, the measure also seeks to compare the information released by the Government – ​​of 6 million lost medications, of approximately 100 different types – with the annual volume of medications acquired.

Antônio Jorge, who was Secretary of Health during the administration of Antônio Anastasia (PSDB, 2011-2014), states that "good inventory management can establish targets of 2% to 5% losses," and that waste should be combated, but should not be used with political connotations if the loss falls within the percentage he considers "acceptable." He also criticized the federal government, saying that many medications come from the Ministry of Health with their expiration dates approaching, and that it is unfair that in this case the blame for the loss falls on the state administration.