Rs2.4 billion worth of irregularities and funds embezzlement have been unveiled in the Balochistan Health Department in the audit report for the financial year 2022-23. According to the Finance Department sources, the record of the purchase of medicines worth Rs344.7 million was not submitted. In the financial year 2020-21, an alleged embezzlement of Rs20 million under the head of fees was reported in the BMC Hospital. A suspicious payment of Rs1.8 million was made to activate the oxygen plant in BMC hospital, and, Rs273 million was kept illegally in various offices of the Health Department.—NNI
