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Patients forced to buy it at higher rates from pvt pharmaciesManmeet Singh GillTribune News ServiceAmritsar, November 20The glucose plant at Government Medical College (GMC) here is lying defunct for the past many years, forcing patients and the hospital to procure glucose from private pharmacies at higher costs. The plant set up at the GMC’s clinical institute, Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, had a capacity to manufacture 500 glucose units daily at a cost of around Rs 6 per unit. Sources at the hospital said around 1,500 glucose units were consumed daily at wards of the hospital. The revival of the plant would help to create its self-sustainability and also lessen financial burden on poor patients. Meanwhile, GMC spokesperson Prof Rakesh Sharma said the plant would be made functional soon..