New Delhi: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that the federal government’s vaccine distribution has inequalities and isn’t honest. “I have been saying that the vaccines should be procured by the Centre and distributed by the states,” he mentioned.
“In the absence of a fair policy for vaccine distribution, the inequality in the Modi government’s policy will give such results,” he mentioned citing a media report highlighting the inequalities in vaccine distribution.
The report claims that 9 non-public hospitals obtained 50 per cent and 6 cities 80 per cent of Covishield and Covaxin shares and alleged disparities in vaccine distribution.
Congress basic secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra additionally hit out on the authorities, alleging scarcity of beds through the second wave of coronavirus and requested why did it not improve well being amenities and as a substitute is carrying ahead the central vista challenge.
“In January, when the Prime Minister was making false declarations of ‘winning the war against corona’, the number of oxygen beds in the country was reduced by 36 percent, the number of ICU beds by 46 percent and the number of ventilator beds by 28 per cent,” she mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.
“He ignored the advice to improve health facilities. Who is responsible,” she requested.
She additionally requested why did the federal government ignore the recommendation of consultants and from its personal Parliamentary Committee on Health and did nothing to fulfil the promise of upgraded medical amenities in each district.
“Why has not even a single new AIIMS become functional since 2014, while the Central Vista project, declared an ‘essential service’ moved at lightening speed? Is the prime minister’s vanity project more important than providing hospital beds to the public,” she additionally requested.
