PM Cares Fund ventilators faulty, says hospital report
PM Cares Fund ventilators faulty, says hospital report
IANS / Updated: May 19, 2021, 06:00 IST
Government Medical College & Hospital (GMCH) says the instruments were unfit for treating patients
Barely three days after the
Centre ordered an audit of all
ventilators given by the Centre, a report by the Government Medical College & Hospital (GMCH) Aurangabad, has contended that many ventilators provided under the
PM Cares Fund are faulty, a senior
Congress leader said in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Giving details, Congress state spokesperson Sachin Sawant said that the 3-page report by GMCH, among other things, said that it was given 150 ventilators under the PM Cares Fund (PMCF) for Covid-19 patients of which 100 Dhaman III models were supplied by Jyoti CNC on April 12.
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How did it start?
The controversy started on May 18 after some BJP leaders shared screenshots of a toolkit on Twitter allegedly created by a research cell of the Congress party led by Rajeev Gowda.
Friends look at the #CongressToolKit in extending help to the needy during the Pandemic!More of a PR exercise with… https://t.co/AjaHsRRa8o Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) 1621316128000
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