CAG report on Delhi's health infrastructure: Long waiting time, staff shortage
3 weeks, 5 days ago

CAG report on Delhi's health infrastructure: Long waiting time, staff shortage

Hindustan Times  

The Comptroller and Auditor General report on the national capital's healthcare infrastructure, which is set to be tabled today in the Delhi assembly by chief minister Rekha Gupta, has highlighted long waiting times, staff and equipment shortages and financial mismanagement, as reported by India Today. The CAG report, one of 14 to be presented in the assembly, details six years of findings on the Delhi health infrastructure and pointed out that there was a critical shortage of medicines, equipment and staff affecting the affordability and efficiency of the health services. Here are some important findings: Long waiting times for surgeries: Patients at the Lok Nayak Hospital have had to wait 2-3 months for general surgeries and 6-8 months for burn and plastic surgeries, India Today stated citing the CAG report. Mohalla clinic consultations lasting less than a minute: The CAG report claimed that close to 70 per cent of all patients at mohalla clinics between October 2022 to March 2023 received a consultation with a health professional lasting less than one minute, The Times of India reported.

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BJP intensifies attack on AAP, raises CAG report on health in Delhi Assembly
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3 weeks, 2 days ago

BJP intensifies attack on AAP, raises CAG report on health in Delhi Assembly

India Today  

The Delhi Assembly witnessed heated exchanges on Monday as Delhi Minister Dr Pankaj Singh launched a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party government over the findings of the Comptroller and Auditor General report on health services in the national capital. Ahead of the Assembly session, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta reiterated that the discussion on the CAG report on health …

Delhi used less than 75% of COVID funds given by Centre: CAG
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Delhi used less than 75% of COVID funds given by Centre: CAG

The Hindu  

The Delhi government used less than 75% of the funds released by the Centre to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in the capital, according to a Comptroller and Auditor General report on public health infrastructure and management of health services tabled in the Delhi Assembly on Friday. Of the total ₹787.91 crore released by the Union government to help Delhi combat …

CAG report on Delhi health care flags shortage of staff, misuse of funds
3 weeks, 5 days ago

CAG report on Delhi health care flags shortage of staff, misuse of funds

Hindustan Times  

The Comptroller and Auditor General flagged severe shortcomings in Delhi’s government hospitals in a performance review of the city’s health care system between 2016 and 2022, tabled in the Delhi Assembly on Friday. At Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital, six of 12 modular operation theatres remained unused, while Janakpuri Super Specialty Hospital left all seven of its modular OTs idle …

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta says AAP's ruckus over CAG report is just drama
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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta says AAP's ruckus over CAG report is just drama

Op India  

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday slammed Aam Aadmi Party for creating a ruckus over the Comptroller and Auditor General report, stating that “all this drama is just an excuse.” The CAG report in question has flagged a Rs 2,000 crore loss due to the AAP government’s liquor policy. On Tuesday, 21 AAP MLAs were suspended for disrupting Lieutenant …

Longer Wait Time For Surgeries, 'Dire Condition' Of Mohalla Clinics: CAG Report On Delhi Health Facilities
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Longer Wait Time For Surgeries, 'Dire Condition' Of Mohalla Clinics: CAG Report On Delhi Health Facilities

ABP News  

The Delhi Assembly on Friday tabled another Comptroller and Auditor-General report on the condition of health services in the national capital during the previous AAP government. The CAG report said that the AAP government failed to utilise the budget to increase hospital beds even as there was a "significant shortage of manpower in the public health sector". CAG Report on …

Mohalla clinics without toilets, hospitals without ICUs: Key highlights of CAG report on Delhi healthcare
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Mohalla clinics without toilets, hospitals without ICUs: Key highlights of CAG report on Delhi healthcare

Live Mint  

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday tabled the Comptroller and Auditor General report on ‘Public Health Infrastructure and Management of Health Services’ in the Delhi Assembly. According to the 208-page CAG report, the AAP-led government in Delhi ‘grossly’ mismanaged the COVID pandemic in the national capital using only ₹582.84 crore of the total ₹787.91 crore released by the central …

CAG audit report exposes the reality of Delhi's healthcare infrastructure during AAP govt
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3 weeks, 5 days ago

CAG audit report exposes the reality of Delhi's healthcare infrastructure during AAP govt

Op India  

The Comptroller Auditor General audit report tabled in the Delhi Assembly on 25th February laid bare Delhi’s healthcare infrastructure. Delhi’s poor health infrastructure and the reality of Mohalla clinics The audit report exposed the reality of Delhi’s Mohalla clinics which were once hailed as a revolutionary step towards accessible healthcare. Massive losses incurred due to the Liquor Excise Policy The …

Delhi assembly refers CAG’s report on excise policy to PAC
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Delhi assembly refers CAG’s report on excise policy to PAC

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi Assembly on Thursday referred the Comptroller and Auditor General’s report on the Capital’s excise policy to the Public Accounts Committee for examination and directed the excise department to submit an action-taken report on the findings within a month. The third session of the newly constituted Assembly was eventful, with the CAG report dominating discussions, Mustafabad MLA Mohan Singh …

No ICU in 14 Delhi hospitals, mohalla clinics without toilets: CAG report
3 weeks, 5 days ago

No ICU in 14 Delhi hospitals, mohalla clinics without toilets: CAG report

India Today  

The Comptroller and Auditor General report on Delhi's healthcare infrastructure has uncovered significant financial mismanagement, negligence, and a lack of accountability in the administration of the previous Aam Aadmi Party government over the past six years. Acute shortage of healthcare workers: Delhi hospitals face an alarming staff shortage, with a 21 per cent shortage of nurses, 38 per cent shortage …

Delhi CM to table CAG report on health infrastructure in Assembly
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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Delhi CM to table CAG report on health infrastructure in Assembly

Op India  

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, who also oversees the finance department, will present the Comptroller and Auditor General report on ‘Public Health Infrastructure and Management of Health Services’ in the Delhi Assembly on Friday. The report may also reveal whether the budget allocated by the Delhi government in the health sector was spent properly or not. BJP had already started …

CAG report paints grim picture of Delhi's public healthcare system under AAP rule
1 month ago

CAG report paints grim picture of Delhi's public healthcare system under AAP rule

New Indian Express  

A new report by the Comptroller and Auditor General has painted a grim picture of Delhi’s public healthcare system under the Aam Aadmi Party government. The findings, which are yet to be officially tabled in the Delhi Assembly, expose serious shortcomings in critical and emergency services at government hospitals, contradicting AAP’s claims of a healthcare revolution over the past decade. …

CAG report highlights serious staff shortage in State hospitals
2 months ago

CAG report highlights serious staff shortage in State hospitals

The Hindu  

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India’s performance audit on the State’s health sector from 2016-2022 has observed a serious shortage of staff — doctors, nurses, pharmacists and lab technicians — in all levels of hospitals under the modern system of medicine. The CAG also pointed to the issues of shortage of drugs and lack of equipment in hospitals and …

Only 6 CT Scan Machines Available In 19 Delhi Govt Hospitals: High Court Constitutes Committee For Ramping Up Medical Infrastructure
1 year, 1 month ago

Only 6 CT Scan Machines Available In 19 Delhi Govt Hospitals: High Court Constitutes Committee For Ramping Up Medical Infrastructure

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has constituted a six-member committee to give recommendations and suggestions for ramping up medical infrastructure and optimization of existing resources in various hospitals in the national capital, either owned by the Delhi Government or the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.“With only six CT Scan machines being available in nineteen Delhi Government hospitals. The Delhi High Court has …

Medical Infrastructure In Delhi Inadequate, Demand Far In Excess Of Supply: High Court Seeks Delhi Govt's Status Report
1 year, 3 months ago

Medical Infrastructure In Delhi Inadequate, Demand Far In Excess Of Supply: High Court Seeks Delhi Govt's Status Report

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has recently observed that the medical infrastructure in the national capital is inadequate and the number of hospital beds are insufficient. “The demand is far in excess of the supply,” a division bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Mini Pushkarna said in an order passed on December 13. The court directed the Delhi Government …

Ground Report | Hospitals in Rural Delhi That Exist Only on Papers
3 years, 7 months ago

Ground Report | Hospitals in Rural Delhi That Exist Only on Papers

The Quint  

Shortage of hospital beds, oxygen, medicines and ventilators led to the death of many during the second COVID-19 wave in Delhi – these lives could've been saved had there been more hospitals. In May 2020, The Quint published a story revealing that between April 2015 and March 2019, Arvind Kejriwal's government did not commission a single new hospital in Delhi. …

CAG report puts Delhi govt hospitals in the dock
11 years, 11 months ago

CAG report puts Delhi govt hospitals in the dock

India TV News  

New Delhi, Apr 3: The condition of government hospitals in Delhi drew a sharp criticism from Comptroller and Auditor General, which, in its report found several glaring shortcomings like unavailability of blood banks in five hospitals. The CAG on Tuesday painted a sorry state of affairs at government hospitals in the national capital in its report for the fiscal year …

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