Maharashtra has obtained a massive variety of ventilators underneath the PM CARES fund and those which might be defective have to be changed with none politics being performed on it, senior BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis mentioned on Monday. He was talking to reporters after attending a evaluate assembly with divisional commissioner Sunil Kendrekar.
“Maharashtra has bought practically 5,000 ventilators by way of PM CARES fund. Many of them have been stored packed for practically 4
months, so the defective ones have to be changed rapidly. This will not be a matter to play politics on,” the former chief minister said.
A PIB release of May 14 of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had said media reports of some ‘Made
in India” ventilators not functioning correctly in Aurangabad have been “baseless and incorrect, and never supported by full info on the matter”.
Speaking on the COVID-19 situation in the region, Fadnavis said, “The number of cases had come down in Latur and
Aurangabad but the positivity rate was still high at 21 per cent. The situation in Beed needs attention.”
Fadnavis mentioned the establishing of oxygen storage tanks in massive numbers was a good a signal and would assist in the
future, including that getting ready for a attainable third wave was necessary.
He mentioned Mucormycosis was first reported in Maharashtra which allowed the state to acquire injections for its
therapy in time, whereas different areas within the nation are dealing with a scarcity.
Fadnavis mentioned he had spoken to corporations manufacturing medicines for the black fungus an infection and the latter had
ramped up manufacturing.
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