Summary:
Reason: The hospital is facing an acute shortage of medicines. In fact, only 357 people have availed of benefits under the scheme at the hospital. It is unfortunate that there are no medicines at the hospital, which is the biggest government institution in the state. When asked about the lack of medicines at the hospital, Medical Superintendent Ashwani Kumar said: “Firstly, we were not aware of the launch of the scheme. Once it (scheme) was launched, we were informed that we had to provide medicines as well..