India, Nov. 28 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)-run Late Jayabai Sutar Hospital and Maternity Home in Kothrud has exhausted its stock of tetanus injections, forcing patients to buy vaccines from private medical stores.

On Thursday, a 17-year-old boy who suffered injuries and visited the hospital was told there was no tetanus injection. "I came for treatment after having injuries on my hand. The hospital staff asked me to buy the injection from a private medical store," said the patient from Kothrud.

Civic activist Amol Kale, who was also present at the hospital during the incident, informed that around three to four patients were asked to get the injections on their own, and there is no stock of tetanus injection.

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