NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, JUNE 16
With Gujarat reporting an average 400 new coronavirus cases every day for the last one month, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and said that the high mortality rate due to COVID-19 has exposed the state’s model for disease control while senior Congress leader and treasurer Ahmed Patel on Tuesday accused the BJP government in the state of “drastically reducing” its healthcare expenditure over the years.
Covid19 mortality rate:
Gujarat: 6.25%
Maharashtra: 3.73%
Rajasthan: 2.32%
Punjab: 2.17%
Puducherry: 1.98%
Jharkhand: 0.5%
Chhattisgarh: 0.35%Gujarat Model exposed.https://t.co/ObbYi7oOoD
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) June 16, 2020
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took a jibe at the BJP-run government in Gujarat and said that the high mortality rate due to COVID-19 has exposed the state’s model for disease control.
“Covid19 mortality rate: Gujarat: 6.25% Maharashtra: 3.73% Rajasthan: 2.32% Punjab: 2.17% Puducherry: 1.98% Jharkhand: 0.5% Chhattisgarh: 0.35% Gujarat Model exposed,” Gandhi wrote on Twitter, quoting a news report.
In 20 years,Gujarat is one of the handful of states where immunisation coverage has declined
Before 2000, Gujarat was spending 4.3% of its expenditure on healthcare,in 2018 it was roughly 0.72%
The entire state is paying a price for a flawed model https://t.co/Dwhl2Ayv77 pic.twitter.com/DHttBFFcQW
— Ahmed Patel Memorial (@ahmedpatel) June 16, 2020
In a tweet, Patel, a Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat, cited data claiming that Gujarat is among the bottom states in terms of immunisation coverage.
“In 20 years, Gujarat is one of the handful of states where immunisation coverage has declined. Before 2000, Gujarat was spending 4.3 percent of its expenditure on healthcare, in 2018 it was roughly 0.72 percent. The entire state is paying a price for a flawed model,” Patel tweeted on Tuesday.
The data claims that Gujarat ranks 33rd out of total 36 states and UTs in achieving full immunisation.
Why should Covid19 testing charges in private laboratories vary in different parts of Country?
It’s Rs 4,500 in Ahmedabad but Rs 2,200 in Mumbai.
Central govt must work with states to enforce a uniform pricing policy for pvt labs across the country
— Ahmed Patel Memorial (@ahmedpatel) June 15, 2020
Patel had questioned the COVID-19 testing charges of private laboratories.
In a tweet, he had asked why Ahmedabad-based private laboratories are charging Rs 4,500 when the same is Rs 2,200 in Mumbai.
As of June 15, the number of COVID-19 cases in Gujarat stood at 24,104 and the death toll 1,506.
कांग्रेस अध्यक्षा श्रीमती सोनिया गांधी जी ने प्रधानमंत्री को पत्र लिखकर तुरंत ईंधन की कीमतों में बढ़ोतरी को कम करने और कच्चे तेल की कम कीमतों का लाभ नागरिकों को देने का आग्रह किया है।#ModiStopLootingIndia pic.twitter.com/0AagET42Iv
— Amit Chavda (@AmitChavdaINC) June 16, 2020
Raising the issue in a press conference on Tuesday, Gujarat Congress president Amit Chavda accused the BJP government of being a mute spectator to “looting” of people in name of testing.
#भाजपा सरकार महामारी में पेट्रोल डीज़ल के दाम बढाकर लोगो को लूट रही है@INCGujarat के कार्यकर्ता कल पूरे गुजरात में विरोध प्रदर्शन करेंगे।#शर्म_करो_लुटेरी_सरकार https://t.co/ire7CjArpz
— Amit Chavda (@AmitChavdaINC) June 16, 2020
Courtesy: TV9
“Why Gujarat’s mortality rate is highest in the country? Why Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not tweeting when people of his state are dying in such a large number? It was the high court that stepped in and allowed coronavirus testing in private laboratories,” said Chavda.
He said it was the state government’s responsibility to ensure that rates of tests remain affordable for people.
“If charges (for tests) are Rs 2,200 and Rs 2,900 in Mumbai and Andhra Pradesh, respectively, why Gujarat labs are charging Rs 4,500? People are being fleeced and the government remains only a mute spectator to this loot,” alleged Chavda.
