New Delhi: The Delhi Assembly on Friday handed a decision directing the chief secretary to resolve inside every week points associated to “deficiencies” in medicine supply and lab tests at government-run hospitals and Mohalla Clinics. MLAs of the ruling AAP highlighted that folks of the town have been dealing with issues because of a scarcity of medicines and deficiencies in lab assessments. The House handed by voice vote the decision directing chief secretary Naresh Kumar to urgently resolve the problems inside every week. Kumar was additionally instructed to submit a report on the steps taken to the Health minister inside every week.

“People are extremely distressed due to the shortage of medicines and lack of lab tests at hospitals, Mohalla Clinics and dispensaries of Delhi government,” Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj claimed within the Assembly.

“Lab tests are being stopped and the companies are not ready to conduct tests after March due to pending payments for a year,” he claimed additional.

Delhi’s poor persons are “extremely distressed” because of the scarcity of medicines and laboratory assessments, the Health minister mentioned.

The procurement course of for medicines is customary. The Central Procurement Agency (CPA) procures and distributes medicines for the Delhi authorities, nonetheless, tenders are issued yearly for this function, he mentioned.

“A tender was issued for medicines on December 21, 2022. However, officials continued to conduct technical evaluations of that tender throughout the year. After a year passed, that tender expired,” he mentioned.

The present tender can also be expiring in March this 12 months. However, the hospitals, dispensaries and Mohalla Clinics of the Delhi authorities are working out of provides, he mentioned.