About Us

• Efficient management of procurement, receipt, storage and distribution practices to ensure that patients are provided uninterruptedly with safe and effective Drugs & Medical Supplies at reasonable cost.
• Providing consistently outstanding patient centered pharmaceutical care in MOH healthcare settings in collaboration with other stakeholders.

• Integrity
• Quality Excellence
• Respect
• Accountability
• Collaboration
• Accessibility

The Directorate General of Medical Supplies had been established in 1999 as ‘Directorate General of Stores’ vide Ministerial Decision No. 82/99 amending the Ministerial Decision No. 09/94. Later the Directorate General of Stores have been renamed to Directorate General of Medical Supplies (DGMS) vide Royal Decree No. 21/2002 dated 03rd March 2002.

In 2015, the organizational structure of DGMS had been changed vide Ministerial Decision No. 67/2015 to include Department of Pharmaceutical Care, Regional Stores at Nizwa & Salalah, Professional Development & Career Guidance, Quality Management & Medicines Safety, Pharmacists & Asst. Pharmacists Development Sections to strengthen the pharmaceutical care provided and Medication safety.