Rs 15-crore cyclotron, ventilators: Equipment at Delhi hospitals lies unused. Here’s why

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A total of 26 hospitals filed the status updates after internally conducting an audit on unused medical equipment. Several hospitals have cited lack of manpower as the reason for the equipment lying unused. Purchased in 2017, it has been lying unused as the machine is “under evaluation,” according to the affidavit. The equipment had cost USD 1.3 million, along with local supply cost of Rs 26.68 lakh. The equipment, procured for establishing a fully-functional eye bank at DDU Hospital, have been lying unused since the purchase.