Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav accused the state government of being insensitive towards the life of doctors and paramedics as sub-standard personal protective equipment (PPE) kits were being supplied to them.
He said that similar PPE kits had been supplied to doctors of medical colleges.
“Despite daily meetings of Team-11 of chief minister, there is no check on the quality of PPEs. The glaring irregularity was revealed by the principal of government-run medical colleges in Noida and Agra. Sub-standard PPE could endanger the lives of medical staff fighting coronavirus pandemic,” Akhilesh said.
In a statement issued in Lucknow on Friday, the SP chief said that kits were supplied by a PSU — UP Medical Supply Corporation — and hence Team-11 and the chief minister could not duck from the responsibility of this scam.
“The possibility of more such scams cannot be ruled out. The state government owes an answer to the people as to how sub-standard kits were supplied to corona warriors and how many have been replaced? The government must share information as to what action was taken on the complaint that was made before April 13 and why is the CM silent on the issue,” Akhilesh sought to know.
The SP chief further said that Samajwadi Party had repeatedly demanded that supply of good quality PPE kits be ensured. “Now the doctors will and paramedics will be more worried about how careless the government can get towards them. It seems that the state government and the chief minister are unaware of the seriousness of the pandemic, otherwise what is the reason that such a big scam happened and the CM remains unaware,” Akhilesh alleged.