Maharashtra Congress says ventilators procured under PMCares ‘useless’, calls it 'scam'

The Maharashtra Congress accused the Centre of providing "useless" ventilators to Aurangabad Government Medical Hospital, calling it a "big scam".

The Maharashtra Congress on Friday levelled serious allegations against the central government, claiming that ventilators provided under PMCares Fund to Aurangabad Government Medical Hospital were deemed “useless”. The party also said it was a “scam”. Breaking News- Committee of Medical experts appointed by Govt Medical College Aurangabad found all ventillators provided under #PMCares to the institution useless. As per their report even company technicians could not repair those. It is big scam. pic.twitter.com/201QuEqoow We demand state level inquiry into all ventillators provided by centre to Maharashtra.Time & public money wasted through #PMCaresFund is unpardonable. Modi govt made all corporate companies to donate in this opaque fund. It was seen that information under RTI can not be sought. — Sachin Sawant (@sachin_inc) May 14, 2021 — Sachin Sawant (@sachin_inc) May 14, 2021 Taking to Twitter, Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant wrote, “Committee of Medical experts appointed by Govt Medical College Aurangabad found all ventilators provided under PMCares to the institution useless. As per their report, even company technicians could not repair those. It is big scam.”