Thread by @DilliDurAst, Ventilators bought from PMCARES funds in different parts of the country have [...]

Ventilators bought from PMCARES funds in different parts of the country have one thing in common: they don’t work.

Apt metaphor for Modi government. Defective hai.

Mohali https://indianexpress.com/article/india/20-ventilators-received-under-pm-cares-fund-defective-flag-two-pvt-hospitals-in-mohali-7308786/lite/

20 ventilators received under PM Cares Fund defective, flag two pvt hospitals in Mohali

The hospitals also wrote to the district administration regarding the issue, urging the officials to get the ventilators repaired.

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/20-ventilators-received-under-pm-cares-fund-defective-flag-two-pvt-hospitals-in-mohali-7308786/lite/

Beed, Maharashtra https://twitter.com/parthpunter/status/1391626976780111873

https://twitter.com/parthpunter/status/1391626976780111873

Rajasthan https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rajasthan-raises-faulty-pm-cares-ventilators-with-centre-7263535/lite/

Rajasthan raises ‘faulty PM Cares ventilators’ with Centre

Officials said the state received 1,138 ventilators under PM Cares, and that these now account for almost 60 per cent of the 1,900 ventilators with the state.

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rajasthan-raises-faulty-pm-cares-ventilators-with-centre-7263535/lite/

They failed trial in August 2020 https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/coronavirus-ventilators-from-firms-funded-by-pm-cares-fail-trials/article32416810.ece/amp/

Coronavirus | Ventilators from firms funded by PM CARES fail trials

2 companies that got ₹22 cr. advance in May later dropped from Ministry list.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/coronavirus-ventilators-from-firms-funded-by-pm-cares-fail-trials/article32416810.ece/amp/

Chandigarh https://odishabytes.com/premier-chandigarh-hospital-receives-10-faulty-ventilators-under-pm-cares-fund/

Premier Chandigarh Hospital Receives 10 'Faulty' Ventilators Under PM CARES Fund - Odisha Bytes

Chandigarh: The ventilators received for COVID-care by the Union Territory under the PM CARES fund have come under scrutiny after doctors from PGIMER found them “faulty”. According to reports on...

https://odishabytes.com/premier-chandigarh-hospital-receives-10-faulty-ventilators-under-pm-cares-fund/

Bhopal https://m.freepressjournal.in/article/bhopal/bhopal-9-out-of-40-ventilators-bought-under-pm-cares-fund-conk-out-at-hamidia-hospital/7ec3bfe5-d724-4a06-bde8-01d0da65c38b

Gujarat https://www.news18.com/amp/news/politics/congress-seeks-judicial-probe-into-use-of-dhaman-1-ventilators-in-gujarat-says-not-certified-by-dcgi-2634219.html

“There is vast difference in the prices of ventilators purchased under the PM Cares Fund, while two of the companies to whom an advance was released were later not recommended by the technical committee constituted under DGHS, revealed an RTI.” https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/pm-cares-fund-ventilators-huge-gap-in-pricing-reveals-rti-1714751-2020-08-25

PM Cares ventilators: RTI reveals huge gap in pricing, 2 firms have no technical clearances

There is vast difference in the prices of ventilators purchased under the PM Cares Fund, while two of the companies to whom an advance was released were later not recommended by the technical...

https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/pm-cares-fund-ventilators-huge-gap-in-pricing-reveals-rti-1714751-2020-08-25

“The firm, whose ventilators were developed in "10 days" and have proved ineffective on COVID patients, had as one of its promoters the business family that gifted Narendra Modi an expensive monogrammed suit in 2015.” https://m.thewire.in/article/political/modis-monogrammed-suit-rajkot-ventilator-vijay-rupani/amp

Behind Ahmedabad s Ventilator Controversy, a Backstory of Connections to Top BJP Leaders

The firm, whose ventilators were developed in 10 days and have proved ineffective on COVID patients, had as one of its promoters the business family that gifted Narendra Modi an expensive monogrammed...

https://m.thewire.in/article/political/modis-monogrammed-suit-rajkot-ventilator-vijay-rupani/amp

In many parts of the country the ventilators are lying unused because nobody knows how to use them. They’re lucky to not have an operators since the ventilators wouldn’t have worked anyway
https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/may/06/bihar-ventilators-bought-under-pm-cares-lie-unused-2298988.amp

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