Members of the BJP on Monday began tweeting that India will be getting 50,000 more ventilators in addition to the 47,000 that have been around so far in public and private hospitals. Notably, 100 of these ventilators arrived from the United States yesterday.
Taking the lead on this, National In-Charge of Social Media, BJP Mahila Morcha, Priti Gandhi said, “For those asking, in the last 70 years, India got a total of 47,000 ventilators in public & private hospitals. With #PMCARES, in one stroke, India will get 50,000 more ventilators!”
The PM-CARES fund was formed in March this year for fighting the novel coronavirus pandemic. In recent days, ordinary citizens and celebrities like Akshay Kumar, Prabhas and Kartik Aryan have come forward to donate to the fund.
Several other BJP leaders tweeted the same, citing a research paper published by independent think-tank The Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Poli Gandhi said that she had tweeted the information after receiving information from top sources and the party would be releasing an official statement claiming the same.
“The availability of data on inpatient care and critical care capacity in India is limited, creating uncertainty surrounding whether the country can accommodate mass hospitalization at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic,” the report said.
The report also had collected the number of ventilators in all private and public hospitals, which summed up to 47,481. A report in the Indian Express in April also showed that India would require an estimated 27 million N95 masks, 15 million PPE kits, 1.6 million diagnostic kits, and 50,000 ventilators by June 2020. A report in the Hindu also cited that the Ministry of Health had announced 40,000 new ventilators would be set up at hospitals across the country.
