Hospitals run by the Delhi government provide medicines to patients for free. “Kuchh nahin milta yahaan… Hamesha baahar se leni padti hai dawai (You get nothing here, you have to buy medicines from outside),” she said. Other commonly prescribed drugs are more expensive – the Seroflo 250 inhaler costs about Rs 914, and the Seroflo 250 Synchrobreathe about Rs 1,040. Lok Nayak Hospital declined to issue a statement on the complaints of the shortage of drugs at the pharmacy. Story continues below this adSources at the hospital alleged that nebulisers and cough syrups of all kinds, and several inhaler medicines have been unavailable for several months now.

Source: Indian Express December 19, 2025 13:39 UTC