India, Feb. 17 -- Nearly one out of every 10 patients who visited Aam Aadmi Clinics (AACs) in Punjab did not receive the medicines prescribed by doctors, according to a recent patient feedback survey conducted by the Punjab government.

The survey, which received responses from 18,256 patients across 442 Aam Aadmi Clinics, came up for discussion at the two-day conference of civil surgeons in Chandigarh that began on Monday.

According to the findings, 11% of patients reported the non-availability of all prescribed medicines at the clinics. Amritsar emerged as the worst-affected district with 15% of patients having not received medication, followed closely by Patiala and Gurdaspur, which both reported shortages for 13% of visitors. The dat...