The state cabinet approved setting up of theMaharashtra Medical Purchase Authoritythrough an Act and allowing purchase of medicines and medical equipment through a high-level committee headed by the chief secretary.
Officials said the chief minister will be the chairman of the regulatory board. This authority will have 14 posts.
In December, with extensive delays in purchase of medicine, medical and surgical equipment for state-run medical colleges and hospitals through the Haffkine Bio-Pharmaceutical Corporation, the had said it would set up a newMaharashtraMedical Authority on the lines of MMRDA for buying medicines, medical equipment and surgical items. Medical Education minister Girish Mahajan had said this in the state legislative council while replying to a Calling Attention Motion by MLCs Praveen Datke, Chandrashekhar Bawankule and Nago Ganar.