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May 11, 2025

How hospitals will step up preps The govt has issued safety and disaster preparedness measures for its 38 hospitals

- Ridhima Gupta

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government on Friday directed its hospitals to implement emergency preparedness measures, including prominently marking their rooftops with the Red Cross symbol, increasing medicine stocks, ensuring backup power systems are operational, and clearing basements to serve as makeshift shelters amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.

The directions were issued by the health department in an official order on Friday, accessed by HT, instructing all 38 Delhi government-run hospitals to urgently carry out a set of precautionary actions.

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