MBABANE:Lizzie Nkosi,the Minister of Health has come out to confirm the availability of expired medication but denied that patients in the various Government hospitals were treated with these drugs.
This comes after a report by the Times of Eswatini that exposed how patients were treated with expired drugs in the various government hospitals, hundreds have died since the widely reported health crisis erupted in this tiny Kingdom.
Addressing journalists on Monday at the Copper Centre in Mbabane, the Health Minister said they normally destroy expired drugs worth close to R3million every year.
“It’s true that there were expired drugs at the Central Medical Stores and other health facilities but these drugs were not distributed,” said the Minister.
Health Minister Lizzie Nkosi.