Although the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at civic-run Kamala Nehru Hospital is yet to become operational, a Right To Information (RTI) query has thrown up a shocking fact — the Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) health department is spending lakhs of rupees towards salary for ICU specialist doctors, despite the non-functioning of the ICU unit.

Critical troubles: Two years ago, the PMC spent Rs 52 crore to renovate the Kamala Nehru Hospital, the plans for which included an ICU facility for poor patients. But the ICU remains only on paper till date. File Pic.