India, April 4 -- NOIDA procurement lapse at the Sector 39 district hospital was flagged on Thursday after the medical store at the hospital allegedly received a consignment of animal-use syringes instead of human-use ones, officials said. The chief medical officer has issued a notice to the hospital administration, seeking a response.

An order for 60,000 syringes was placed through the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal on December 25, 2025, as part of routine supply requirements. According to hospital officials, the syringes supplied were marked for animal use, indicating that a wrong product category had been selected during the procurement process.

However, the discrepancy surfaced only after the consignment reached the hospital ...