Lucknow, March 13 -- A shortage of LPG cylinders disrupted cooking operations in a few hospital messes, including KGMU, across the state capital on Thursday, forcing administrations to make emergency arrangements to ensure meals for patients and students. However, other major hospitals, including Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS) and Balrampur Hospital, said they have adequate LPG stock. At the mess of KGMU, the shortage affected cooking on Thursday, creating difficulties in preparing meals for patients and medical students. According to KGMU sources, the situation was later managed after the administration arranged cylinders from different messes across the campus. Officials and staff said the gas supply remained disrupted since Thursday morning. In some locations, stoves ran out of gas completely, leaving students without meals for several hours. To address the situation, the KGMU administration collected the remaining LPG cylinders from various mess units and shifted them to a single location. Temporary cooking arrangements were then made. Officials at RMLIMS said their institute has adequate LPG stock. However, a one-pot meal system has been introduced for admitted patients, while food for students is currently being prepared on a furnace (bhatti). Balrampur Hospital director Dr Kavita Arya said food distribution to patients continues as usual. HTC...