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Union Minister Santosh Gangwar has written a letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath regarding Covid-19 management.
Union Minister Santosh Gangwar has complained to UP CM Yogi Adityanath about delays in admission of COVID-19 patients in hospitals, black marketing of medical equipment such as ventilators, and key health officials in his Lok Sabha constituency Bareilly, not responding to phone calls.
The letter was handed over to Adityanath during his visit to Bareilly on Saturday.
“There are cases in which the patient despite taking a referral and going to the government hospital is asked to go back to the district hospital and get the referral done again,” the Union minister said.
“Due to this, the condition of the patient is deteriorating and this is a matter of concern. In this scenario, it is very necessary that the COVID-19 patients are immediately admitted to the referral hospitals in the least possible time,” Gangwar wrote.
The Union minister complained that some prominent officials related to the medical field do not take phone calls, causing inconvenience to patients.
He also said that there is a shortage of empty oxygen cylinders in Bareilly. The main reason for this is that many people in the city have kept oxygen cylinders in their homes as a precautionary measure and these are being sold at high rates, he said.
The administration should identify such persons and initiate action against them, the minister added.
He also demanded the setting up of an oxygen plant to meet the shortage of the life-saving gas.
Gangwar suggested that the facility for the registration for coronavirus vaccine should be available at hospitals empanelled under the Ayushman Bharat scheme.
