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Amidst the war of words between opposition and Centre, Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant on Friday alleged a big scam in the ventilator provided under PM CARES fund and demanded a state-level inquiry into all ventilators provided by the centre to the state.
Sawant took to Twitter to share the report submitted by the committee of Medical experts appointed by Government Medical College Aurangabad.
He added that the committee has found all ventilators provided under PM CARES to the institution useless. As per their report, even company technicians could not repair those. It is a big scam, Sawant said. We demand state level inquiry into all ventillators provided by centre to Maharashtra. Time & public money wasted through #PMCaresFund is unpardonable. Modi govt made all corporate companies to donate in this opaque fund. It was seen that information under RTI can not be sought (sic), Sawant wrote on Twitter.
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday said that media reports claiming ventilators supplied by the Central government to Faridkot's Guru Gobind Singh Medical College (GGSMC) and Hospital, are lying unused due to technical glitches are seen to be unfounded and not having the full information on the matter.
Health Ministry rubbishes reports of faulty ventilators being supplied under PM CARES
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The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday said that media reports claiming ventilators supplied by the Central government to Faridkot s Guru Gobind Singh Medical College (GGSMC) and Hospital, are lying unused due to technical glitches are seen to be unfounded and not having the full information on the matter. There have been some media reports suggesting that Government of India supplied ventilators (supported by PM CARES) to GGS Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, Punjab are lying unused as a result of technical glitches which have not been resolved due to poor after-sales support by the manufacturers. These reports seem to be unfounded and not having the full information on the matter, the ministry said.
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After Punjab’s Minister for Medical Education and Research Om Parkash Soni flagged the issue of “faulty” ventilators given by the Centre under the PM Cares Fund, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today assured the state that a team of experts would be sent to fix the machines.
Most of the 320 ventilators provided by the Centre to the state are non-functional. More than 280 of these are faulty and gathering dust in storerooms of three medical colleges of the state.
“It is my appeal to the Government of India that it should provide high-quality ventilators or provide at least one engineer at each Government Medical College to ensure their functionality. These engineers should have enough spare parts, so that all ventilators are made functional and can serve critically ill patients,” said Soni.
Punjab Hospital At Fault: Centre On Reports Of 130 Broken Ventilators Punjab Hospital At Fault: Centre On Reports Of 130 Broken Ventilators Around 130 ventilators out of the total 809 life saving machines sent by the centre to the hospital in Faridkot were faulty , officials had alleged.
Updated: May 13, 2021 10:58 pm IST
Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital in Faridkot had complained about the ventilators.
New Delhi:
Reports suggesting ventilators supplied by the union government financed from the PM CARES Fund to a state-run hospital in Punjab s Faridkot are lying unused because of technical glitches which have not been resolved are unfounded , the centre said on Thursday.