| 17. | INVENTORIES | ||||
| 2020 R'm |
2019 R'm |
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| Ethical drugs and consumable products (including surgicals consumed as well as consumables related to the production of doses relating to the diagnostic services business) | 8731 | 379 | |||
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| "Drugs and consumables" represents the cost of inventories recorded as an expense in the statement of profit or loss. | |||||
| The cost of inventories written off as expired stock is recognised as an expense and is included in 'drugs and consumables' in profit or loss. Inventories written off amounted to: | 11 | 10 |
| 1 | Increased mainly due to purchases of personal protective equipment during the current year. The balance at 30 September 2020 amounted to R317 million. |