Jamshedpur: A district panel has flagged persistent scarcity of water and frequent malfunctioning of the centralised air-conditioning system at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Hospital (MGMMCH) in a report submitted to the East Singhbhum deputy commissioner.The five-member committee headed by Dhalbhum sub-divisional officer Arnav Mishra submitted its report after inspecting the state-run facility last week. The committee found that AC units in key areas such as the emergency ward, ICU and Burn Unit frequently break down. It noted severe water shortage disrupting routine work in orthopaedic and surgical wards. A dozen toilets were found locked, while other toilets had broken taps and basins. The display systems were non-functional and public address system was not working. Sanitation levels were poor, and the campus did not have colour-coded bins for waste segregation.Notably on Wednesday, patients patients endured heat for five hours after cooling stopped due to inadequate water supply needed to run the central AC.The panel highlighted that diet charts of patients did not bear signature of the dieticians. It also raised concerns over outsourcing of essential services such as water, electricity and ambulance operations to private agencies.The pace of construction of key infrastructure, including an oxygen plant and a prisoners’ ward, was found to be sluggish. Likewise, the laying of a 3.5 km-long pipeline to the hospital from Sankosai also remained slow. The Rs 8.69 crore project, was ready, is expected to supply 3 MLD water from the Subernarekha river to the hospitals.Citing disruptions in surgeries due to water shortage, DC Rajiv Ranjan had on May 25 directed an increase in water tanker supply to 15 per day and asked the contractor to complete the pipeline by June 15. “The inspection report has been submitted to the DC for further analysis,” said civil surgeon Dr Sahir Pall, a panel member.