Govt indifferent to patients'woes 11/2/2015 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 1: Acute shortage of basic drugs (medicines) in Premier Government Hospitals in Jammu city has exposed claims of Jammu and Kashmir Health and Medical Education department that they are providing free basic drugs to the needy patients. Pertinently, as Jammu and Kashmir Medical Supplies Corporation Ltd is yet to place order for drugs, premier healthcare institutes in Jammu are facing their acute shortage of drugs. Moreover, the administrators of these institutes are purchasing less quantity of basic drugs on their own and patients are being forced to buy medicines from the markets. Official sources in Health Department informed Early Times that the main reason for acute shortage of medicine is that for last many years, the drugs were not purchased by JK Health and Medical Department because the department could not take timely decision to purchase essential drugs throu...