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”.
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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.