CAG report on health referred to PAC; 'expose of widespread corruption': CM

'FAKE PATIENTS WERE RECORDED IN THE MOHALLA CLINICS...

- OUR CORRESPONDENT

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday targeted the AAP over a CAG report on public health infrastructure and management of health services in the capital, calling it an "expose of widespread corruption".

The report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has been sent to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for review, and the findings are expected in three months.

Delhi Assembly witnessed high drama during Gupta's address on Monday, as Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Jarnail Singh was marshalled out for disrupting the proceedings, prompting a walkout by all the AAP legislators. Accusing the previous AAP government of mismanaging Delhi's healthcare system, Gupta said, "Every department under their government was in shambles and needed treatment. The 'Mohalla Clinics' became a den of corruption, with no doctors, no medicines, and no patients.

"Many positions in the health department remain vacant. They bought equipment at inflated prices, and much of it is still lying unused in storage."