Kathmandu, 10 August : Expanding its various business ventures under its welfare activities, the Nepal Army (NA) is preparing to run pharmaceutical companies in the near future, a top army official said on Friday. Brigadier General Sagar Bahadur KC, who heads the Welfare Planning Directorate of Nepal Army, said Nepal Army was currently making necessary preparation to establish such companies to manufacture vital medicines within the country.
“We are currently in the study phase to run pharmaceutical companies on our own,” he said, adding that such companies will come into operation soon.
Responding to a query, wheather the army leadership was aware of the concerns raised by patients visiting army’s medical facilities about sub-standard drugs being provided to them, Brigadier General KC said such concerns will be resolved permanently once the army’s own pharmaceutical company starts operation.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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