Medication scarcity at Delhi govt hospitals to quickly finish after well being dept clears dues

A well being division official stated that the federal government can now present 600 of the 800 important medicine wanted on the metropolis’s authorities hospitals, and is working to shut the demand/provide hole at hospitals.

“There was a scarcity of medication attributable to pending dues and different tender points. Nonetheless, we’ve just lately cleared all pending dues of suppliers to ensure that hospitals will get their provides,” stated a well being division official. “Lately, we weren’t in a position to present even 400 of the 800 important medicine wanted at hospitals. However now, we’re going to present greater than 600 of those medicine. We’re at present wanting into all of the calls for of hospitals to satisfy their provide wants primarily based on precedence,” he added.

For the previous a number of months, HT had reported that a number of authorities hospitals within the metropolis reminiscent of GTB Hospital confronted a scarcity of emergency medicines and important medicine, reminiscent of these for rabies and thalassemia sufferers. Among the many medicines in brief provide have been these known as hydrocortisone injection, tramadol, and desferal.

Officers at a number of authorities officers confirmed that they’ve began receiving the medical provides they have been going through a scarcity of until just lately.

An official from Deep Chand Hospital advised HT on situation of anonymity, “Until final month the hospital confronted an acute scarcity of medicines. We didn’t even have important tramadol and propofol injections. Nonetheless, the state of affairs is altering now,” the official stated.

The scarcity existed as a result of suppliers of pharmaceutical medicine in Delhi stated that that they had not obtained fee for medicines value ₹90 crore from the well being division’s Central Procurement Company (CPA), which is liable for supplying medicines to state hospitals. The suppliers’ union had written a letter to CPA highlighting the issues.

“Now we have seemed into these issues and cleared the dues. As of now, new tenders have additionally been floated,” the well being division official cited above stated.