In a letter that surfaced on social media, the Uttar Pradesh Law Minister has lashed out at his State's health authorities, complaining that beds for coronavirus patients are falling short and ambulances take hours to arrive in the UP capital, which he said could face a lockdown again.
Law Minister Brajesh Pathak's purported letter on the situation in his constituency also blamed the recent death of a scholar on the lack of an ambulance, though Padma Shri-winner Yogesh Praveen's family has denied making this charge.
When contacted Pathak did not reject the existence of a letter, which also appears to challenge the UP government's claim that it is on top of the fight against coronavirus. "I had written a confidential letter to the government," he told PTI, refusing to elaborate further.
"The beds for COVID-19 patients in hospitals should be increased, testing should be increased and enough testing kits should be made available,” said the letter written Monday to Additional Chief Secretary (Medical and Health)