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 and was verified by the store and pharmacy teams. Officials also confirmed none of these syringes were used on patients.
Sources in the hospital said the procurement file moved through multiple levels of approval before the order was finalised, but the mismatch between human-use and veterinary syringes went unnoticed at each stage.
Dr Narendra Kumar, CMO, said the matter pertains to the district hospital’s administration and that they have sought a response. “The procurement through the GeM portal and the committee concerned are part of the district hospital’s administrative setup and do not fall directly under the CMO office. However, a notice has been issued seeking a response in the matter, so that the facts can be ascertained and higher authorities can be updated accordingly,” Kumar said.
“At no point were these syringes issued for patient use. The material was detected during inspection itself. An inquiry has been initiated to fix accountability,” CMO added.
Officials familiar with the matter said the procurement process typically involves approval at the hospital level and final order placement through the GeM portal. Despite these safeguards, the error remained undetected until physical verification.
Hospital authorities said corrective steps are being taken to ensure stricter verification protocols at both the ordering and delivery stages to prevent such incidents in the future.
Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav criticised the incident in a post on X, calling it “deeply condemnable” and demanding a thorough investigation.
He also took a swipe at the state government, alleging that such lapses reflected poor oversight in public healthcare and also questioned the role of officials responsible.