Overview

• Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta alleged that medical equipment worth crores, including oxygen concentrators and ventilators, has been lying unused in government hospital warehouses since the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Gupta criticized the AAP's health model, describing it as poorly planned, with semi-permanent hospital structures left incomplete and unusable despite significant expenditure.
• A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report highlighted irregularities in Delhi's public healthcare spending during AAP's tenure, including unutilized resources and alleged inflated procurement costs.
• Hospital staff in several facilities have reportedly not been paid for six months, compounding the challenges faced by Delhi's healthcare system.
• Gupta called for accountability from the previous AAP government, questioning the wastage of funds and resources while promising to address the issues.