Five months after its announcement, BMC is still far from implementing its zero prescription policy at the four medical college hospitals under its jurisdiction. This policy was supposed to free patients from the burden of out-of-pocket expenses incurred during treatment at the hospital.

BMC had allocated Rs 500 crore for this policy, which was supposed to be rolled out by April. Officials from the medical college hospitals said that implementation has not yet begun, nor have there been any recent discussions about it.