It is said that 360,000 vials of the painkiller - Pethidine is being stored thus despite being rejected by government hospitals after becoming expired in February 2009.

The stock is said to be amounting to nearly Rs. 14 million and had expired after the drug was bought in excess.

Although 04 years have elapsed since it was announced that the stock would be destroyed, the measure is yet to be implemented. This has raised doubts among doctors whether there are plans to issue this stock of expired drug to the market.