Critically ill: 60% hosps run without ICUs, blood banks

A new report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has painted a grim picture of Delhi's public healthcare system under the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government.

- ASHISH SRIVASTAVA

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.

According to the CAG report, more than half of Delhi government-run hospitals do not have ICU facilities, and nearly 60 per cent lack blood banks. Several hospitals also fall short of essential services, including ambulances and mortuary facilities.