Doon Hospital is yet to receive its second installment of budget from the health directorate. The delay in allocation has pushed the biggest hospital of the State on the brink of financial bankruptcy. On September 11, the State Government had released the budget for the hospitals of the State, but the health directorate is demanding audited financial reports of last three years and utilisation certificate of the previous sanctioned amount for releasing the installment. The hospital administration has sent these documents to district magistrate for his approval. The annual budget of the hospital is Rs11.324 crore and the hospital administration used to receive this budget at the beginning of the financial year. This year, however, the finance department decided to provide the budget on quarterly basis but is providing the budget at the fag end of the quarter which is causing the problem. The hospital received the first quarterly installment of the budget in the month of June this year. The hospital administration is yet to receive the second installment and this delay is causing problems to the hospital to carry its routine activities. The Doon hospital now owes Rs1.25 crore to the vendor who provides medicines for local Purchase (lP). The contactor who supplies the cooked food to the in house patients is demanding Rs30 lakh which the hospital owes to him. The Doon Hospital has to pay the salaries of the contractual heath, sanitation and paramedic staffs also and these employees have not got their salaries for last two months. The hospital administration is worried as the contractors and contractual workers are constantly putting pressure to for the release of budget. However, the cause of relief is that despite constant threatening s none of the vendors have actually stopped the services yet. The Principal Medical Superintendent of Doon Hospital Dr RS Aswal said that he has raised the issue of budget with the senior officials and apprised them of the situation. He said that hospital would make all the payments as soon as it receives the budget.