India, July 11 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) deployment of administrative staff from civic hospitals for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has disrupted administration work in hospitals even as patient care remains unaffected, according to doctors.

"Hospitals are critical services and highly sensitive. While the immediate health services are not affected, the non-essential services like procurement, tendering and ensuring availability of medicines are delayed leading to inconveniences," a medical superintendent said on condition of anonymity.

Hospital administrators said clinical services have continued uninterrupted as doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers have not been assigned ...