Medicines worth Rs 8 crore destroyed in Kerala drug warehouse fire

May 18, 2023 17:30

Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Thursday said medicines and materials, worth around Rs 8 crore, were destroyed during a fire that gutted a warehouse of the state-run Kerala Medical Services Corporation Limited in Kollam district on Wednesday night.

The district drug warehouse of KMSCL in Kollam was engulfed in fire on Wednesday night.

It was a major supply source for medicines at state-run hospitals and PHCs in the district.

There were no casualties in the incident.

"The total loss due to the fire is estimated at Rs 8 crore. But the corporation need not suffer this much loss as the medicines are insured," she said.

A comprehensive probe would be conducted into the reasons that led to the massive fire, she told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram.

A scientific investigation report at various levels should be carried out to know how the blaze started, George said. -- PTI

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