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A document prepared by V Ponnuraj, state war room chief; Kumar Pushkar, nodal officer for CHBMS and Vipin Singh, nodal officer for 1912 had already been submitted to the BBMP on May 7. Surya claimed on Monday that this ‘reform’ came about due to his ‘expose’ Says On Monday, Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya called a press conference to read out the reforms reported by Bangalore Mirror in its Monday’s edition. These reforms by the BBMP are intended to remove the loopholes being used by the accused in the bed blocking scam. Asked about the 17 workers, who were suspended after he read out their names, he said, “I was given a list by a senior official and I only read it out to know how they were hired. They were kept out of work as part of the restructuring process. Ask the
One change is a stricter login process Following several allegations of bed-blocking by officials in exchange for monetary favours and subsequent investigation by the CCB, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has incorporated some changes and fine-tuned the existing Central Hospital Bed Management System (CHBMS). BBMP Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta told The Hindu that the civic body had put in place a stricter login process. Protocols have been defined and certain actions can be taken only after authorisation from higher authorities. “We received many recommendations, and we have fine-tuned the existing system,” he said. After the bed allotment scam came to light, the BBMP had constituted a three-member team to look into the CHBMS and plug loopholes to avoid misuse. The three-member team, comprising V. Ponnuraj, nodal officer for the State war room; Kumar Pushkar, nodal officer for CHBMS; and Vipin Singh, nodal officer for 1912 helpline; is yet to submit a report to the BBMP Chief Commissioner.
Engineers could not respond immediately as they were being questioned by police The Central Hospital Bed Management System (CHBMS) of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) was down on Wednesday, and the problem could not be rectified for several hours as the software engineers had been called for questioning by the police. The portal was developed for patient referral system, triaging and assigning a bed in hospitals depending on availability. Kumar Pushkar, who is part of the three-member team constituted to look into making the system more robust and transparent, acknowledged the problem and said the developers were working on rectifying the problem. He added that the system would be up by Thursday morning.
Highlights Bangalore Mirror’s report ‘Agent 420’ creates shockwaves; panel set up to fix the broken bed allocation system and weed out the agents The crooks were using ‘admin-type login IDs’ to override the system and block beds A day after Bangalore Mirror reported that confidential information about covid positive patients was being leaked and misused by unscrupulous elements to make money, the authorities have taken notice. In a press conference that has exposed the dark side of bed management and how people gasping for breath are being forced to shell out money, Tejasvi Surya, Member of Parliament, Bengaluru South, made some revelations.
PHANA attributes delay to technical issues Currently, citizens can look at the Central Hospital Bed Management System (CHBMS) to ascertain where beds are available in government and private hospitals under the government quota. A similar system will soon go live for beds available under private quota. The Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes’ Association (PHANA) will be launching the ‘Search My Bed’ portal that provides information on availability of beds in private hospitals by Wednesday, said Prasanna H.M., president, PHANA. “We were running the portal privately, but there were some technical issues that cropped up. We are providing training to hospital staff on updating information on bed availability in real time. We will go live by Wednesday,” he confirmed.
Ruling party legislators allege bed blocking scam in Bengaluru Updated: Updated: Police conduct sting operation, arrest two suspected to have contacts in BBMP war room Share Article Police conduct sting operation, arrest two suspected to have contacts in BBMP war room In an embarrassing turn of events for the government, a group of ruling party legislators led by Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya, accompanied by three MLAs from the South Zone, live streamed an exposé of alleged corruption in bed allocation for COVID-19 patients by the city’s civic body. The alleged scam in the South Zone war room has raised questions on the integrity of the bed allocation system across the city.
Agent 420 Agent 420 ByPragna L KrupaPragna L Krupa / May 4, 2021, 06:00 IST#2021-05-04T06:00:00+05:30 Highlights Middlemen have infiltrated BBMP war room and are misleading covid patients about govt quota thus coaxing them into getting admitted to private hospitals As per rules, free treatment is allowed only if one gets admitted through SAST Even as patients and their families are saying that as soon as beds are allotted, strange people start calling them and demanding money for beds, ambulance and oxygen, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahangara Palike officials are hinting at some data breach. Preetham (name changed), 25, the lone breadwinner in his family, tested covid positive and the neighbourhood clinic doctor informed him that his SPO2 was low and he would need hospitalisation. Preetham called 1912 and reached out to some officials to help him get a bed because he did not have money to pay for one.