India, April 24 -- Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday conducted a surprise inspection of Aruna Asaf Ali hospital and took to task the authorities for "medicine shortage and poor sanitation", a CMO statement said.

The chief minister instructed hospital administration to ensure medicines, drinking water, hygiene and maintain other facilities according to the summer season.

The unannounced visit exposed medicine shortages and poor sanitation, for which Gupta took to task the hospital administration officials, the statement said. She directed that the patients must be provided with medicines on the same day they are checked by the doctors.

Gupta toured the OPD, patient wards, pharmacy counters, sanitation systems, water supply, d...