North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC)-run Hindu Rao Hospital has been postponing surgeries since last two days due to unavailability of water in its premises.
Doctors allege that the hospital had received a notice from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), late December 2018, that there will be annual flushing of the reservoirs, but despite this, no alternative arrangements were made.
"The notice came to the hospital well in advance despite this the administration made no local arrangements.
How can a hospital run in this situation?
The entire hospital is affected as no water meant no cleaning of surgical instruments.
Even the toilets had no water.
Most of the doctors had to use bottled water to wash hands and check the patients.
We had to cancel/delay the morning operations as a precautionary measure," said a senior doctor from the Residents Doctors’ Association.
But in the last three years, the facilities have been dropping.
DNA tried to reach the medical superintendent of the hospital, but she was unavailable for comments.