An alleged scam involving huge quantities of expired medicines worth lakhs of rupees dumped in a storeroom of the civil hospital, Sohna, has come to light. These medicines supplied by the government were meant to be distributed to patients free of cost. The district health authorities went into tizzy following a complaint by an NGO. Civil surgeon S.S. Dalal has marked an enquiry to a four member team headed by district immunisation officer B.K. Rajora. The team has started verifying the stock position and will submit its report in a week. Though the concerned senior medical officer, Sohna, and the staff had initially expressed ignorance about dumping of expired medicines on the hospital premises, sources said the matter was taken in all seriousness by the district health authorities after preliminary enquiries indicated substance in the complaint. The medicines were mainly antibiotics, which were allegedly dumped between 2003 and 2007. Allegedly, this happened despite mandatory provision of monthly and annual stock-taking and maintaining its record in the hospital register. Whether this was done or not was an important point in the enquiry, added sources. Interestingly, the hospital pharmacist during the period has since been retired. Deputy commissioner Rakesh Gupta said the medicines were being segregated and an inventory would be prepared thereafter to ascertain whether all medicines were expired or not.