Hitting out at Akhilesh Yadav, Health minister Sidharthnath Singh said that the Samajwadi Party president is a frustrated man because he fears that the Yogi government would expose his corruption and inefficiency.
"Frustration of Akhilesh Yadav is palpable when he calls the media saffron. How can a former CM charge the media in such language IJ This is his frustration. He fears that the Yogi government will expose former the Samajwadi Party regime and bring to the fore the cases of corruption during his tenure," Singh told reporters in lukcnow on Wednesday.
Akhilesh had charged a TV journalist, who was wearing a saffron shirt, as 'saffron media' and termed that journalist a threat to the country.
Singh said that the former CM should take electoral defeat sportingly.
"Yogi government has completed just 30 days in office and Akhilesh has started criticizing us. He should have patience. He cannot compare 30-day rule of BJP with 5 years of his governance which was marked by corruption and patronizing criminals and land grabbers," he said.
"The Yogi government is working in a transparent manner. We are using technology to make everyone accountable for his work," the minister said.
About Health department, Singh said that all the hospitals, CHCs, PHCs and offices will have biometric attendance system.
"We will introduce telemedicine system so that better facilities could be extended to people living in rural areas. We plan to introduce a system where hand-held machines could be used in villages to carry out tests. Tenders will be floated soon and the whole process will take six months," he said.
"Our commitment is to bring cheap health service at the doorsteps of the people and therefore we will start distribution of generic medicines,” Singh said.
Meanwhile, the Health minister suspended two doctors and two nurses of lohia hospital in lucknow after they were found guilty of refusing treatment to a pregnant woman as a result of which she died on April 23.