[4] According to Rozina Islam of the daily Prothom Alo there is a lack of coordination between Central Medical Store Depot and the Directorate General of Health Services.
[5] Central Medical Store Depot had been requesting more equipment for the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh while the Directorate General of Health Services has failed to provide them with a procurement plan.
[8] The Central Medical Store Depot came under criticism after supplying 20 thousand fake N95 respirator masks to ten public hospitals.
[12] Anti-Corruption Commission detained Md Abdur Razzak, chairperson of JMI Hospital Requisite Manufacturing Limited, for supplying the fake masks on 29 September 2020.
[15] The Dhaka Tribune reported on 28 December 2020 that there were hundreds of ICU beds at the Central Medical Store Depot storage that were no distributed as no requisition requests were sent for them.