Many Similarities Between PM, Ventilators : Rahul Gandhi s Jab Again The Congress leader s swipe comes amid a row over reports suggesting ventilators bought by the centre with PM CARES fund are unused because of technical glitches
Updated: May 17, 2021 12:02 pm IST
Congress Rahul Gandhi has been a fierce and vocal critic of the centre s handling of the pandemic (File)
New Delhi:
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Monday compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ventilators - essential medical equipment for Covid patients - bought by the PM CARES fund, saying both had too much false PR , don t do their respective jobs and were nowhere in sight when needed .
Delay in installation: Centre flags lack of support from states complaining of faulty ventilators
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Last Updated: May 15, 2021, 08:35 AM IST
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They said that, as per their assessment, in many cases the fault was not with the ventilators but with the hospitals which did not change the consumables such as flow sensors on time, or did not have commiserate flow of piped oxygen necessary for ventilators to work optimally.
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As per government data, under PM CARES funds, nearly 60,858 ventilators have been ordered till now, of which almost 58,850 have been manufactured under the ‘Make in India’ scheme.
Amid complaints from states such as Punjab and Maharashtra on ventilators sent by the Centre being allegedly faulty, top Central officials have raised concerns over many hospitals not providing adequate support to manufacturers to get the devices up and running. They said ventilators sent to many states were lying uninstalled for months.
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took serious note of some reports claiming ventilators lying unutilised in storage in some states and directed that an immediate audit of installation and operation of ventilators provided by the Central government.
Maharashtra Congress says ventilators procured under PMCares ‘useless’, calls it scam
Maharashtra Congress says ventilators procured under PMCares ‘useless’, calls it scam
The Maharashtra Congress accused the Centre of providing useless ventilators to Aurangabad Government Medical Hospital, calling it a big scam .
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UPDATED: May 15, 2021 09:35 IST
Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant said that Modi govt made all corporate companies to donate in the PM Cares fund (Picture: Facebook/@sms.inc)
The Maharashtra Congress on Friday levelled serious allegations against the central government, claiming that ventilators provided under PMCares Fund to Aurangabad Government Medical Hospital were deemed “useless”. The party also said it was a “scam”.
974 The state had claimed that around 90 per cent ventilators sent by the Centre were faulty and non-functional.
Vishav Bharti & Balwant Garg
Chandigarh, May 13
A blame game has erupted between the Centre and state government over supply of ‘faulty’ ventilators to Punjab under the PM Cares Fund.
The state had claimed that around 90 per cent ventilators sent by the Centre were faulty and non-functional. Countering the charge, the Union Government said the state’s infrastructure to run the equipment was faulty, not the ventilators.
In a statement, the Union Health Ministry said among ventilators installed at Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital (GGSMCH), Faridkot, 88 ventilators were supplied by Bharat Electronics Limited and five by AgVa Healthcare.