Kampala — Health minister, Dr. Stephen Mallinga wants Parliament to investigate reports of shortage of drugs in health centres.

He was responding to concerns raised by MPs yesterday that there was a shortage of drugs in health centres and hospitals countrywide.

The MPs, who were reacting to a statement by the internal affairs state minister, Matia Kasaija, on the Monday helicopter accident, were concerned about the plight of people in areas which are not easily accessible.

Rose Munyira (NRM) said in her constituency, two health centres had been closed due to lack of medicine.

Nandala Mafabi said no x-rays had been done on the landslide victims admitted at Bududa Hospital for the last five days, adding that there was need to equip the hospitals.

Geoffrey Ekanya (FDC) said most of the health centres in the eastern region did not have ARVs.

Mallinga said he wanted Parliament to investigate the units, pointing out that the ministry had recently discovered that there were drugs at the National Medical Stores but the districts were not ordering for them.