The Ashok Gehlot-led congressional government in Rajasthan has accused the center of providing defective ventilators to the state.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
The Rajasthan government has accused the center of providing defective ventilators to the state. Prime Minister Ashok Gehlot has called for the Union Ministry of Health to thoroughly investigate the purchase of defective ventilators made available through the PM CARES fund.
“The center had provided the state with 1,900 ventilators from the PM Cares Fund. It was responsible for the installation and maintenance of these ventilators. Doctors say many of these ventilators have technical defects that can make their use dangerous for patients.” said Gehlot in a statement.
He said, “Doctors said there was a pressure drop problem with these ventilators. These ventilators shut down after 1-2 hours of continuous work. There is a problem of a sudden decrease in PIO2, failure of the oxygen sensor and compressor.”
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He said Dr. Lakhan Poswal, director of the Medical College in Udaipur, also addressed the problem of these ventilators at the Covid review meeting on April 5th. Aside from Rajasthan, various issues with these ventilators have been reported in the media in Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Maharashtra and Gujarat.
Ashok Gehlot said two letters were written by the government of Rajasthan at the secretariat level and one letter at the ministerial level to the center to alert them to the problem of these ventilators and to address them at the earliest.
He said the company appointed by the center to maintain all ventilators in Rajasthan said they would be sending 11 members but only 6 people are working here. They went to fix ventilators for the complaint but due to a lack of experience they are unable to fix it and the doctors are not satisfied, the CM complained.
He said the Union Ministry of Health should investigate how such poor ventilators were obtained as they can threaten the lives of patients.
(With entries from PTI)
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