India, Oct. 5 -- Health Minister K Muraleedharan on Monday said reports and campaigns about a shortage of medicines in Keralam were misleading, asserting that the disruption in the availability of some medicines was temporary and caused by supply issues linked to the ongoing West Asian war and the withdrawal of certain suppliers.

"Campaigns regarding the availability of medicines in the state are misleading," Muraleedharan said while inaugurating an Integrated Public Health Laboratory and a District Vaccine and Family Welfare Store here.

He said the government had taken steps to procure medicines from other states through the Kerala Medical Services Corporation Ltd (KMCL) to address the supply disruption.

Hospitals have also been permi...