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Aurangabad: Union minister of state for health and family welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Saturday said the state government is responsible for the lack of medicines in government health facilities. The state government should also ensure that before the medicines expire, they are utilised. Many governments have made corporations and local depots to ensure smooth supply of medicines. He was speaking at a press conference on Saturday.Asked about the shortage of medicines in the 13 major government hospitals in the state and outstanding bills of Rs 90 crore, the minister said that was a subject under the state government. Asked of this, Choubey said people should come forward to run the Jan Aushadi Kendras in the city that make affordable medicines available to all..