Many questioned the presence of a projector within the hospital ward PM Modi visited in Ladakh.
Highlights
- Photos of PM Modi’s go to to the hospital triggered an argument on-line
- Allegations “malicious and unsubstantiated”, mentioned Indian Army
- PM Modi made an unannounced go to to Ladakh on Friday
New Delhi:
The Indian Army on Saturday mentioned allegations {that a} medical ward had been set as much as stage a photograph op for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s go to to a navy hospital in Ladakh had been “malicious and unsubstantiated”. The medical ward was an audio-video coaching room that had been transformed as a part of the COVID-19 protocol lengthy earlier than PM Modi’s go to, it mentioned.
“It is unfortunate that aspersions are being cast on how our brave Armed Forces are treated. The armed forces give the best possible treatment to their personnel,” the military mentioned in an announcement.
Prime Minister Modi made an unannounced go to to Ladakh on Friday, weeks after a conflict with Chinese troops left 20 Indian troopers lifeless. He additionally met soldiers who were injured and are being handled on the hospital.
The authorities billed PM Modi’s go to to the Nimu in Ladakh as one to a “forward location” in Ladakh despite the fact that the Galwan valley, the place the conflict came about, is not less than 200 km by highway and Nimu has lengthy been a preferred vacationer vacation spot. Forward posts are usually inside 40 km of the frontline and fall inside vary of enemy fireplace.
Photographs launched by the BJP and the federal government of PM Modi’s go to to the hospital additionally triggered an argument on-line as many mentioned that the ability didn’t seem like a hospital as there have been no drugs cupboards, intravenous fluid stands, and different medical tools.
Some even noticed a projector hanging from the ceiling as PM Modi posed subsequent troopers on tidy beds with wheels in a glowing clear room.
To paraphrase a sure ‘journalist’ –
Not in residing reminiscence have I ever seen a hospital ward full of sufferers that had a projector & display screen on the finish.Not in residing reminiscence have I seen a ward with zero medical tools out there at any angle. pic.twitter.com/dUFfOFvIB6
— Doctor Roshan R ???? (@pythoroshan) July 4, 2020
These are the Soldiers Injured in #GalwanValleyFaceOff ????????♀️????????♂️
All in Pranayama Posture
Who’s the Director of this Sanitised Stage – No Other Hospital Gear Visible #Leh_Ladakh#5thSchedule#India#ModiSurrendersToChina#StatueOfDisplacement#examscancelledpic.twitter.com/C2yqwRa3Kz
— Chhotubhai Vasava (@Chhotu_Vasava) July 4, 2020
Things we see in hospitals
✔️Medical Equipment
✔️IVs/Needles
✔️Doctors/Nurses
✔️Side desk with Water/Medicine/stories
✔️Injured/unwell/Lying sufferersThings we do not see in hospitals
✖️Projector
✖️White boards
✖️Dias with Mike
✖️All sufferers Sitting (Positioned), “Quote(ALL)” pic.twitter.com/6CkEfDPCaK— प्रशान्त रावत (@rawatprashantt) July 4, 2020
Sources say that the Modi go to hospital pics are real. But, it speaks volumes that one thing like that is even questioned. Insane quantities of fakery prior to now six years
— Swati Chaturvedi (@bainjal) July 4, 2020
Rubbishing the allegations, the Indian Army issued an announcement on Saturday, saying, “There have been malicious and unsubstantiated accusations in some quarters regarding the status of the facility visited by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the General Hospital at Leh on July 3.”
“It is clarified that the said facility is part of the Crisis Expansion capacity of 100 beds and is very much part of the General Hospital complex,” it added.
It mentioned the COVID-19 protocol had necessitated some wards of the hospital to be transformed into isolation services.
“Hence, this hall which otherwise was normally used as a Training Audio Video Hall was converted into a ward ever since the hospital was also designated as COVID-19 treatment hospital,” it mentioned.
The military mentioned the “injured braves have been kept there since their arrival from Galwan to ensure quarantine from COVID areas. The Chief of Army Staff General M M Naravane and the Army Commander have also visited the injured braves in the same location.”