Surgeries may stop in govt hospitals in 2 weeks

Mumbai | Thursday | 20th September, 2018

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Many of these deans reportedly claimed that if surgical materials are not procured soon, they wouldn’t be able to run their hospitals for too long. “For how long can I keep giving surgical materials on credit? “Medicines and materials worth Rs 850 crore have to be procured in total.” I am no longer able to run my family.”A supplier from Goregaon his he has dues of Rs 8 crore pending for the last three years. “If this continues, I will have to shut my business.”Dr Pravin Shingare, DMER director, admitted that most of the hospitals’ personal ledger accounts have dried up and that no tender for surgical materials has yet been floated..