Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has stressed on setting up of government drug stores in all the districts to ensure good medicines at the affordable prices to the people. Chairing a high level meeting in Jammu to take stock of the various aspects of the Draft Dug Policy formulated by the health and medical education department, the Chief Minister said that the policy should be urgently placed before the Cabinet for review and approval. Omar Abdullah said that his government has flagged health sector as one of the most important sectors in the government policy. He said a befitting drug policy taking care of all aspects of procurement of quality medicines and its supply was the need of hour. The Chief Minister emphasizing the importance of procurement of quality medicines as per the requirement in the hospitals highlighted the need for strengthening the drug laboratories in the State so that drug analysis and tests of National and International standards are carried out in these laboratories.