Overview
- Gupta, who inspected Aruna Asaf Ali Government Hospital on Thursday, found drug shortages, dirty areas, OPD crowding, and gaps in doctor availability.
- Patients told her they had waited since early morning and had to buy medicines from private shops.
- She ordered same-day dispensing of prescribed medicines and better links between online and walk-in appointments to speed care.
- She demanded cleaner toilets, steady drinking water, proper seating, a token system, and biometric attendance to raise accountability.
- The visit forms part of a wider push to upgrade basic services across Delhi, with recent checks and flood-readiness plans such as desilting the Yamuna near the ITO barrage.