India, Sept. 21 -- Aundh District Hospital (ADH) has been grappling with a severe shortage of essential medicines and consumables for the past two weeks, causing significant inconvenience to both patients and doctors. Hospital officials confirmed on Saturday that the shortage has affected not only in-house treatment but also the supply chain to Rural Hospitals (RH) and Sub-District Hospitals, which rely on ADH for stock.

Among the medicines in short supply are Injection Pan 40, Ondem Injection, Vitamin K Injection, Paracetamol tablets, Diclofenac tablets, Cefixime tablets, Augmentin tablets, and cough syrup. In addition, even basic consumables are reportedly running low.

"This shortage is making it increasingly difficult to treat patien...