BJP asks AAP govt to divert advertisement funds to healthcare
The Bharatiya Janata Party today lashed out at the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab for its failure to provide basic healthcare to people for lack of money.
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Aug 3, 2022 08:39
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Chandigarh, August 3, 2022: The Bharatiya Janata Party today lashed out at the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab for its failure to provide basic healthcare to people for lack of money.
"Instead of spending hundreds of crores of rupees in other states like Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat, the AAP government should have spent money on paying dues to various hospitals who are now refusing to admit patients", the state BJP General Secretary Dr Subash Sharma said in a statement here today.
The BJP leader said, it was shocking and shameful for Punjab that the PGI Chandigarh was refusing to admit patients as the Punjab government had failed to clear the dues.
Dr Sharma disclosed that even other major hospitals, both in government as well as private sector had stopped treating patients from Punjab since payments were due for last seven months and the state government had defaulted.
The BJP leader said, it was unfortunate that due to gross incompetence of the AAP government, people of Punjab were not getting the benefit of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Ayushman Bharat scheme.
Dr Sharma urged the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to set his house in order and instead of splurging funds on advertisements to fight elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, better take care of the health of Punjabis who are not able to get treatment in any hospital including the PGI Chandigarh.
