The Shree Siddhivinayak Ganpati Temple Trust, in 2015, had deposited Rs 7.5 crore with the state for 102 dialysis machines across hospitals in Maharashtra. That year, the government had mooted the idea of roping in religious bodies to provide financial assistance, and the trust had promptly responded. Three years later, not a single one of those machines has been procured.

The state public health department's lackadaisical attitude has irked activists and health experts, who have been raising concerns about chronic red-tapism.