The civic-run hospitals in the city, which had recently been hit by the shortage of medicines, now have very limited stock of vaccines and glucose, as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has not yet renewed the contracts to replenish the stock.

The hospitals, which see a 30 per cent rise in the number of patients seeking medical attention owing to monsoon, will run out of vaccines and glucose in next 30 days. The contract for supply of vaccines and glucose had expired in April, and the BMC was supposed to float tenders beforehand to procure the items.