One of the biggest Delhi government healthcare institution, GB Pant Hospital's pharmacy is lacking about 70 per cent of medicines. In the overcrowded pharmacy, Raj Kumar Kalra, 66, did not get six medicines of the 10 medicines prescribed by a doctor. PATIENTS WASTE TIME WAITING FOR DRUGS"We have repeatedly informed director of the hospital about shortage of 70 per cent medicines at our store. People are not getting three out of five medicines mentioned in their prescription," a pharmacist told Mail Today on conditions of anonymity. Sources from Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital and Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital and Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Mongolpuri informed about unavailability of medicines and some medicine counters were closed and patients were left disappointed.

Source: India Today August 12, 2017 23:26 UTC