Centre Red Flags Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Maha Govt For COVID Care Gaps

The Union government’s COVID-19 review teams has red-flagged Maharashtra, Punjab and Chhattisgarh government for mismanagement in vaccination drive. Visiting 30 worst affected districts in Maharashtra,11 in Chhattisgarh and nine districts of Punjab, the team reported malfunctioning ventilators, sub-optimal surveillance and contract tracing. Besides shortage in healthcare workforce and attacks on health workers, they shockingly revealed couple of districts in Punjab referring patients to Chandigarh due to lack of COVID-dedicated hospitals.