Memo issued to docs at EDMC hospital

Asking patients to buy medicines outside the facility

New Delhi: Municipal authorities on Sunday issued a memo to doctors of an EDMC-run hospital in east Delhi for allegedly prescribing to patients to buy medicines from outside even though they were available on the premises of the facility, the civic body said. 

The action was taken after a surprise inspection of Swami Dayanand Hospital at Dilshad Garden by East Delhi Mayor Swami Dayanand Hospital at Dilshad Garden on Sunday.

"A memo has been issued to those doctors of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation, who were found prescribing medicines from outside to patients during the mayor's surprise inspection," the EDMC said in a statement. 

The memo has been issued by Additional Commissioner (Health) Brajesh Singh, seeking action taken report from hospital authorities and explanation from the doctors involved in the matter in a week, it said. 

As per the directions issued from time to time and the circular dated May 12, 2018, no external medicines have to be prescribed to patients. 

“It was found that medicines were available in hospital but still they were prescribed from outside. 

It is a serious matter and explanation has been sought from doctors concerned,” Singh was quoted as saying in the statement.