Nagpur: Two weeks ago, the accident victim was asked to wait two days to get a ventilator bed at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH).
His relatives got the same reply in other medical colleges, IgGMch.
Both medical colleges have received 90 ventilators under PM funds caring for PM.
However, officials said this ventilator was not used because they only had basic functions, sudden deadly, and no funds provided for their maintenance.
Former Minister of Cabinet Aeas Ahmed, who was approached by his relatives, said the young man died after waiting a few days, without getting a ventilator at a government hospital.
Ahmed then asked with the main administrator Gmch and IgGmch, who told him that the ICU ran full because the resumption of routine maintenance and increased emergency cases, so that lack of ventilator.
After the death of the young man, the former Minister of Congress had written to the President, the Prime Minister’s office, and the Ministry of Health of the Ventilator who did not work.
Ahmed said there was no information about the procurement or utilization of funds that can be sought when PM funds cared out from Ambit RTI Act.
“Amid the fear of the omicron variant, and the third wave is projected, truly surprising to see the apathy of government officials regarding ventilators in government hospitals.
Although the number of corona patients declined, ICU beds and ventilators at the government hospital appeared to be full.
Dying patients for lack Ventilator.
The ventilator received at GMCH and IgMch under the Cares PM funds did not work and close suddenly, inhibiting the supply of oxygen, “he said.
IgGmch officials said they had 270 ventilators, including those received under PM funds.
“The last received during the first wave.
Because no covid patients who recognize, the ventilator is not used.
Spread them need skilled workers,” they said.
GMCH officials said PM caring ventilator was India’s first generation ventilator.
“Previously, India had never produced a ventilator.
So, this ventilator has a very primitive setting.
When the patient decreases, this ventilator is very primitive, set aside because the advanced import ventilator is also available.
This ventilator is lying rather than not working.
But it is true that many machines It doesn’t work because maintenance funds are not available.
Annual maintenance (AMC) is waiting for a lot of machines due to lack of funds, “they said.