India, Feb. 19 -- A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on Delhi's health infrastructure alleged deep-rooted deficiencies in government hospitals, including lack of essential medical services such as ICUs, staff shortages, procurement of medicines from blacklisted firms, and long wait times for tests and surgeries, according to people familiar with the findings of the agency.

To be sure, the report - Health Infrastructure and Management of Health Services, prepared in 2022, and cover the period between 2016-17 to 2021-2022 - is one of the 14 such filings prepared by CAG between 2017 and 2024. However, despite court intervention, it was not tabled in the Delhi assembly along with 13 other CAG reports.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), ...