New Delhi, March 13 -- Both government-run and private hospitals across the city are overhauling their kitchen operations as a worsening LPG shortage forces them to tweak menus and adopt alternative cooking methods, hospital managements said.

Hospitals also use LPG for operating incinerators used for the safe disposal of biomedical waste, as well as for laundry operations, boilers to heat water and sterilisation equipment. While most hospitals in the city have piped natural gas (PNG) connections, some still rely on LPG cylinders for certain operations.

An official from Guru Tegh Bahadur (GTB) Hospital said, "As of now, the hospital has not shut down any of its operations, but keeping the ongoing crisis in mind, we have started making ar...