No ventilator kept in inventory by Centre, every ready lot promptly dispatched to states/UTs: Govt
No ventilator kept in inventory by Centre, every ready lot promptly dispatched to states/UTs: Govt
Contrary to media reports, the Union government ensured that all ventilators were delivered to the states/UTs during the second Covid-19 wave, the Health Ministry has said.
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UPDATED: July 23, 2021 07:46 IST
The Health Ministry stated that essential medical devices were supplied as per the demand received from states/UTs. (PTI photo)
The Centre on Thursday dismissed as without any basis” and “factually incorrect media reports which claimed that the government kept 13,000 unused ventilators during the Covid-19 second wave crisis and that these were not delivered to the states/UTs.
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