Nagpur Municipal Corporation dispensaries face an acute shortage of basic drugs, including paracetamol and cough syrup.
In fact, the Health Department of NMC has officially admitted that there is no supply of basic drugs and the file is pending before NMC Commissioner for approval form last 18 days.
Hospitals and Urban primary health centres (UPHC) facing difficulties. As a result, prescriptions are written out for patients to buy from outside.
NMC health centers are overcrowded due to increase in number of malaria, dengue, and viral patients, Poor patients depend on NMC health centers but due to lack of medicines, patients are suffering a lot.