Bengaluru: The State Government has decided to introduce SMS-based Remdesivir allocation and information system to avoid its blackmarketing and shortage. In a tweet, Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Ashwathnarayan said the “SMS based #Remdesivir allocation and information system is in place. In case if #Remdesivir is allocated against the SRF ID & hospital has not provided it to the patient, you can report it to the Government. This is largely to reduce misuse of the drug.”

Earlier, in a tweet, Minister for Health and Medical Education Dr. K. Sudhakar said “in case the #Remdesivir is allocated against the SRF ID & the hospital has not provided it to the patient, a facility is provided in the same link to report it to the Government. This will help the Government in curbing blackmarketing and misuse of Remdesivir.” He said in order to bring transparency in allocation a tech-driven system has been developed and now the patient will get an SMS informing which hospital is provided the medicine against the SRF ID.