The Maharashtra Congress on Friday levelled serious allegations against the Centre, claiming that ventilators provided under PM CARES Fund to Aurangabad Govt Medical College were found to be `useless.` Taking to Twitter, Sachin Sawant, spokesperson of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) claimed that the Committee of Medical experts appointed by the college had found out that the ventilators were unable to deliver the tidal volume and hence could not be utilised as ICU ventilators.

Moreover, he claimed that even the bio-medical engineers posted for COVID support were unable to repair the ventilators which continued to display low O2 input error and an error in Tidal volume.

Opposition alleges PM CARES ventilators `faulty`

This comes days after states like Punjab and Rajasthan levelled similar charges against the Centre calling medical equipment provided under PM CARES Fund `faulty`.

Last week, ventilators were reported to be lying unused in Bhartiya Hospital of Rajasthan`s Churu district. Out of the 67 ventilators that the hospital has, one is non-functional, 15 are unstable and just 51 are in working condition, as per Rajasthan Health Minister, Raghu Sharma.

Days ago, AAP MLA from Punjab`s Kotkapura, Kultar Singh Sandhwan alleged that 6 dozen ventilators supplied under PM CARES Fund are lying unused with several in a faulty condition at Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital in Faridkot. Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) had even written to PM Modi and claimed that supplying defective and inferior quality ventilators during a time of national health emergency was a `criminal offence.`The Punjab government has alleged that such ventilators were being procured at a bulk cost of  1-1.5 lakh by the Centre whereas they generally cost up to 10-15 lakhs alleging that the Government was procuring `low-quality equipment.`

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