Cong cries foul as Amethi hospital shut over medical negligence

State Congress president Ajay Rai has sent a letter to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, requesting to “immediately revoke the suspension of license”. “For the people of rural areas, this hospital provides cardiology, nephrology, gastro, dermatology, pulmonary, ENT, paediatrics among others as well as emergency services, blood bank… The hospital provides these services at nominal charge or free in some cases,” Rai wrote, expressing hope that the chief minister “with his positive direction would ensure that injustice is not done towards people of Amethi and the employees and doctors of the hospital”. Deepak Singh, former Congress MLC, targeted Union Minister and BJP MP Smriti Irani over the Sanjay Gandhi Hospital’s registration being revoked. He said the suspension of registration was done at “short notice”. “The way Sanjay Gandhi Hospital has been closed has made it clear that Smriti Irani has brought destruction in Amethi, not development (she represents Amethi in the Lok Sabha). Earlier, she closed down IIIT in education field and the Army Recruiting Office in the security sector. She also shut down many trains here. In the field of agriculture, she snatched away multiple projects. It is the health sector’s turn this time, and she has shut the hospital,” he alleged. The Trust has now decided to knock the doors of judiciary against the alleged highhandedness of Uttar Pradesh government.