The organisations alleged that pathology laboratories at the mini units have been closed, with equipment and staff shifted to the main BMHRC hospital. The organisations also alleged that Mini Units 1, 3, 5 and 8 have stopped receiving X-ray films, forcing patients to travel to the main BMHRC hospital for investigations. "The mini units were established to provide healthcare close to the neighbourhoods where gas victims live. The organisations wrote to the ICMR on August 5, seeking its immediate intervention and alleging that BMHRC had unilaterally shut pathology services at all eight mini units and was moving to discontinue X-ray services, affecting access to healthcare for gas victims. Suspending functional services without ensuring alternatives defeats the very purpose for which the mini units were established," Dhingra said.