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Peru Auditor Finds Decades-Expired Drugs at Puno Hospital, Triggers Military Supply Probe

Auditors warn patient safety faces direct risk from failed inventory controls.

Overview

  • Inspectors identified iodine, antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, dialysis supplies and catheters expired as far back as 1997 still held in the hospital’s inventory.
  • Additional medicines that expired in 2024 had not been destroyed or written off, indicating persistent lapses in stock rotation and disposal.
  • Cold‑chain safeguards were compromised, with a temperature monitor failing to record accurately and a conservator out of service for two years.
  • Deteriorated medical equipment remained registered as active despite being unusable and awaiting formal decommissioning.
  • At the Manco Cápac barracks of the 4th Mountain Brigade, sacks of beans expired since 2016 were found, prompting an OCI review of food-supply contracts, addenda and execution from 2024 to the present.