Maharashtra Industries Minister Uday Samant announced on Friday that there will be a high-level inquiry into the purchase of medicines in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) hospitals, and a white paper on services provided by BMC hospitals to its patients will be released.

On the last day of monsoon, the issue of healthcare facilities in Mumbai was raised by Congress MLA Amin Patel, leading to a discussion for almost half an hour on Friday. Speaking about healthcare facilities in Mumbai, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Ashish Shelar stated that since Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra, patients from rural areas come to Mumbai in large numbers.