Aurangabad, May 18:
The government released a stock of 150 ventilators for the district under PM Care Fund. Out of which, 55 of them had been distributed to neighbouring districts in Marathwada on the orders of the divisional commissioner. Meanwhile, it has been revealed that the internal politics had got active in the administration and the district health office is being pressurised not to give the report regarding the ventilators (whether they were defunct or in usable condition). So far, the government had not taken any initiatives by forming a team or committee to perform the audit of these ventilators.
The different wings of administration are protecting themselves by squarely blaming GMCH for it. However, the health department had not given its opinion so far.
It so happened that the divisional commissioner gave 15 ventilators to Hingoli, 10 to Beed, 15 to Osmanabad, and 15 to Parbhani (total 55). However, nobody knows what happened about these ventilators. The deputy divisional commissioner Jagdish Maniyar in his letter to the district collector Sunil Chavan (on April 23) had stated the respective district civil surgeons had not sent the report whether the ventilators given to them had been installed or not? Later on, the district collector Sunil Chavan gave 25 ventilators (20 to MGM Hospital and five to United Ciigma Hospital) on April 27. Later, on May 1, it gave three ventilators each to Pacific Hospital and HMG Hospital. On May 10, the administration gave 10 more ventilators to the Pacific Hospital.
Testing of all ventilators
MLC Satish Chavan will be obtaining a report on these ventilators supplied in Marathwada from May 18. " I will demand in writing from each district's civil surgeon about the problems faced in installing the ventilators given to them, said Chavan." The MLC raised eyebrows saying that it was expected from the health department to perform an audit of ventilators, but why it has not been done is an issue.
Journey of ventilators
- 150 ventilators received on April 6
- 100 ventilators of Dhaman-III company received on April 12
- 25 ventilators installed on April 18
- Technical snag detected in 25 ventilators on April 20.
- Two ventilators repaired, but defunct again on April 23
- Divisional commissioner demanded 55 ventilators on April 23
- District Administration gave 25 ventilators on April 27
- Inspection of Dhaman-III ventilators on May 6
- Politicisation over ventilators kickstarts on May 10
- Company engineer left with giving the inspection report on May 14
- Politics between Shiv Sena and BJP over ventilators gears up on May 17
- Demand to probe the supply of 55 ventilators gears up on May 18