Less than a month after the VS Hospital was downsized with over 600 of its beds being transferred to the new Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation-run hospital is witnessing a shortage of everyday drugs. In one such instance, an 80-year-old man was sent home for the lack anti-rabies vaccination on Wednesday.
Abdul Razak Sheikh was taken to the VS General Hospital for an anti-rabies shot in the afternoon. “We were told by the nurse in-charge that the hospital has not had rabies vaccines in their stock since the past four days. They told us that if it is urgent, we can buy the vaccine from outside and they will inject. How can I afford the anti-rabies vaccine which costs some Rs 350-400 per dose,” said Gulam Rabbani, his son who had taken Sheikh to the hospital.