Give up copter use, spend on patients, Bali asks CM

Tribune News Service

Dharamsala, April 29

Former minister and senior Congress leader, GS Bali, while addressing a press conference at Kangra, today said that Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur should give up use of helicopter and divert the funds for providing facilities in Covid hospitals of the state.

He alleged that as per information more than Rs 5 lakh was being spent every hour on use of helicopter by the CM. The state needs every penny to be diverted towards creating health facilities when not enough was being done by the government.

Bali said that the biggest failure of the state and union government was that it has miserably failed to check black marketing of essential equipment, oxygen cylinders and even medicines.

In Kangra the cost of oxymeters which as per print rates was just about Rs 500 were being sold at prices of Rs 3000 in local markets. To add to it people are not getting oxymeters which were vital in monitoring oxygen levels in corona patients, he said.

Bali alleged that anti-viral drugs were also not available at medical stores. The cost of most of essential medicines as paracetamol and azithromycin has almost doubled since the second wave of Corona virus has hit the country. — TNS