Mayurbhanj, Aug. 26 -- Large quantities of expired medicines, worth crores of rupees, were dumped into a river near the Mayurbhanj District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) in Odisha, with the waste including antibiotics, masks, syringes, testing kits and other essential medicines.

Mayurbhanj Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Netrananda Mallick said, "...DM conducted a meeting with all medical officers in the Collectorate and instructed all the officials to focus on rural health, basically the tribal people living in this district."

He added, "If the matter is true, then I will intimate the District Magistrate, and we will conduct an inquiry, and action will be taken as per the provisions of law. There is no escape."

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