<p>Former DG and IGP M Shankar Bidari’s Facebook post about medical seat blocking scam has given a new twist to the cases.</p>.<p>In a series of posts from Thursday, Bidari mentioned 2014 postgraduate medical courses and also a 2019 letter from the university to the government.</p>.<p>Bidari had posted: “Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) has written a letter to the government about the Rs 1,100 crore scam and what are the state government and Income Tax department doing?”</p>.<p>When contacted, RGUHS authorities said, “They have not made any communication to the government during September 2019. The only recent communication about seat blocking was during 2018-19 admissions, which was even before August 2018.”</p>.<p>However, Minister for Medical Education Dr K Sudhakar promised to conduct an inquiry over Bidari’s allegation. “If Shankar Bidari provides documents relating to his posts, we will initiate an inquiry. Anyhow Bidari is my friend, and I will discuss the same with him,” he said.</p>.<p>Even after repeated calls, Bidari was not available for comments.</p>.<p><strong>Poor facilities at hospital</strong></p>.<p>Minister for Medical Education Dr K Sudhakar was in shock to see several mothers sitting on the floor with their newborns at the Indira Gandhi Children’s Hospital.</p>.<p>During his visit to the hospital on Friday, he saw many mothers sitting on the floor with their newborns as there was a shortage of seating arrangements at the OPD waiting/consultation area.</p>.<p>When the doctors tried to explain, the minister said, “I don’t want any explanation. Take the necessary measures to improve facilities.”</p>.<p>Speaking to reporters after the visit, the minister said, “The number of children/patients coming to the hospital seeking admission is increasing day by day. Even patients from Bangladesh are coming here. This has led to shortage of beds.”</p>
<p>Former DG and IGP M Shankar Bidari’s Facebook post about medical seat blocking scam has given a new twist to the cases.</p>.<p>In a series of posts from Thursday, Bidari mentioned 2014 postgraduate medical courses and also a 2019 letter from the university to the government.</p>.<p>Bidari had posted: “Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) has written a letter to the government about the Rs 1,100 crore scam and what are the state government and Income Tax department doing?”</p>.<p>When contacted, RGUHS authorities said, “They have not made any communication to the government during September 2019. The only recent communication about seat blocking was during 2018-19 admissions, which was even before August 2018.”</p>.<p>However, Minister for Medical Education Dr K Sudhakar promised to conduct an inquiry over Bidari’s allegation. “If Shankar Bidari provides documents relating to his posts, we will initiate an inquiry. Anyhow Bidari is my friend, and I will discuss the same with him,” he said.</p>.<p>Even after repeated calls, Bidari was not available for comments.</p>.<p><strong>Poor facilities at hospital</strong></p>.<p>Minister for Medical Education Dr K Sudhakar was in shock to see several mothers sitting on the floor with their newborns at the Indira Gandhi Children’s Hospital.</p>.<p>During his visit to the hospital on Friday, he saw many mothers sitting on the floor with their newborns as there was a shortage of seating arrangements at the OPD waiting/consultation area.</p>.<p>When the doctors tried to explain, the minister said, “I don’t want any explanation. Take the necessary measures to improve facilities.”</p>.<p>Speaking to reporters after the visit, the minister said, “The number of children/patients coming to the hospital seeking admission is increasing day by day. Even patients from Bangladesh are coming here. This has led to shortage of beds.”</p>