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Rajasthan tops free medicine scheme

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Rajasthan has topped the 16-state chart detailing implementa­tion of the free medicine scheme, being run under the National Health Mission, NHM Secretary Manoj Jhalani said.

According to an NHM letter, the DVDMSA (Drugs and Vaccine Distributi­on Management System) coverage in Rajasthan is 77.26 per cent and proportion of online drug distributi­on counters, 96.03 per cent. The expired quantity proportion, including breakage, wastage and loss, is just 7.43 per cent.

Medical and Health Minister Raghu Sharma said, “This comes as a great achievemen­t for the medical and health department of Rajasthan. The scheme is the dream project of our government, which is being strengthen­ed each day.”

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