New Delhi: Nearly one in three ventilators is currently non-functional across major hospitals in Delhi, including Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC ) and its associated Lok Nayak Hospital, revealed a Right to Information (RTI) application filed by India Today with Delhi's leading government hospitals.
The RTI findings submitted by Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Singh revealed that one-third of ventilators, one of the essential equipment, in leading government hospitals in Delhi are now lying defunct.
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As per the latest media report by India Today , the RTI response revealed that MAMC, Lok Nayak, Deen Dayal Upadhyay, Lal Bahadur Shastri, and Sushruta Trauma Centre have 297 ventilators combined, and