Overview
- At a Saturday review meeting, Pankaj Kumar Singh warned medical directors and superintendents of action for lapses and ordered requirements for the rest of FY 2025–26 to be submitted within 10 days.
- The Health Department said essential and life‑saving medicines are available in sufficient quantities across Delhi government hospitals under the approved drug list.
- Hospitals including Lok Nayak, Sanjay Gandhi Memorial, Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar and Lal Bahadur Shastri reported availability of over 40 critical items such as Amikacin, Meropenem, Vancomycin, vaccines, syrups, IV cannulas and normal saline.
- Officials noted that Injection Linezolid and Syrup Ipravent are not stocked because they are not on the Essential Drug List, and patients receive suitable alternatives.
- Authorities cited daily inventory monitoring, replenishment through the Central Procurement Agency and provisions for emergency local purchases, while the minister called the earlier media claim baseless and fear‑inducing.