NOIDA, Aug. 5 -- A glitch in the centralised air conditioning system at the prominent Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) hospital in Sector 24, Noida, has affected its services since last fortnight, causing significant delays in surgeries and other treatments, said patients and bystanders on Monday.

However, the hospital administration on Monday assured that repair work of the AC unit is underway and the glitch will be fixed soon.

Patients and their attendants/family members said that the hospital authorities have asked them to wait, without actually telling them by when the snag will be fixed.

"After I had met with an accident, I got admitted to the hospital in the second week of July and was supposed to be operated on last...