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. advertisement 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.