The Stock Oversight Administration has found at least 43,000 vials of expired medicine in various health care centers here, a source said quoting a report that was submitted to the region's Health Affairs Director, Dr. Abdul Fattah Bin Ibrahim Sindi. The items included serums and capsules, some of them had expired in 2004, according to the report. The inspection covered 25 health care centers in the region. Last week, an inspection team had detected that 11 children in the region had been inoculated with expired vaccines in three different health centers. The inspection team also found a lack of hygienic conditions in many centers and that many medical equipment were out of service for lack of maintenance.
