Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday paid a surprise visit to a city-run hospital and expressed his displeasure over the policy of free medicine and diagnostic tests "not being properly implemented" there.
Vowing to take action, he cautioned the authorities at the Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital in north Delhi's Mangolpuri area to ensure proper functioning, while asserting that if needed, "the Medical Superintendent would be changed".
"During my visit, I came to know that patients were being asked to get tests done, including some of the basic ones, and buy medicines and consumables from outside the hospital. This means the policy is not being implemented at the lower level," Kejriwal said after the inspection.
"Some cases of money being taken at some level was also reported to me by the patients," he alleged, adding, "Such people will be identified and stern action will be taken against them."