On the second day of the winter session of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Finance Minister Jagdish Deora presented the second supplementary budget proposal of Rs 16,306 crore. The Speaker has given time for discussion on December 21. The Speaker has also approved the no-confidence motion brought by the Congress. The no-confidence motion will also be discussed on Wednesday. The Speaker also read out the notice of absence of Umang Singhar.
Leader of Opposition Dr. Govind Singh requested the speaker to cancel the lunch break during the on-confidence motion on Wednesday which the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and the Speaker agreed..
During the question hour, BJP MLA Sharadendu Tiwari from Churhat in Rewa said that there was no electricity for four hours in Rewa Medical College. Nirmala Mishra admitted to ICU died. She was on a ventilator. The condition of ICU, CCU of Medical College is bad. Four more patients died that night.
Minister Vishwas Sarang replied to this and said that on November 22, at 5 am in the Rewa Medical College, there was a power cut for just five minutes. The light came on immediately from the generator. Nirmala Mishra died in the morning of 23 November. There is a backup arrangement for electricity, ventilators. The ventilator has an in built backup, which runs for 6 hours. Four doctors examined it.
Krishna Gaur, MLA from Bhopal's Govindpura seat, said – Impure and adulterated food items badly affect health. Quoting the report of the World Health Organisation, she asked Health Minister Prabhuram Chowdhary about the report of the five samples of paneer that went for testing. The sample was found to be non-standard in the investigation. Despite this the matter was not presented in the court. This is the negligence of the officers.
On this Health Minister Dr. Prabhuram Choudhary said- cases have been registered against 16 businessmen. The matter is pending in the court. Prabhuram further said that after investigations, 67 cases have been sent to the court. On this, Krishna Gaur said why the matter pending for 11 months was not presented in the court. On this, the Health Minister said that these cases will be presented in the court within a month. Krishna asked when the report would come after five months, when the matter would be presented in the court.
MLA from Jabalpur North Vinay Saxena asked why no action was taken on the incident of fire in the hospital of Jabalpur. On this, Minister Prabhuram said – We have given a complete answer. In the incident that happened, the government suspended the CMHO. Action was taken against the two doctors and the officials of the Electricity Department, Municipal Corporation, got the building completion certificate checked. A committee was formed under the chairmanship of CS. Continuous actions are being taken in the entire state.