"Bribes For Beds": BJP's Tejasvi Surya's Shot At Party-Controlled Civic Body

Mr Surya alleged a "nexus of BBMP officials and frontline health workers" was conspiring to "buy" these beds after snatching them away from critically ill people

BJP Bengaluru MP Tejasvi Surya has accused city municipal officials of accepting bribes to allot hospital beds - a precious commodity as the Covid pandemic rages around the country. I congratulate MP Tejasvi Surya, MLAs Satish Reddy, Ravi Subramanya & Uday Garudachar for EXPOSING CORRUPTION in bed allocation by their party govt & corporation.Under whose control is BBMP? They should immediately name the BJP Minister responsible for people suffering so much. This afternoon BBMP website showed zero beds available in Bengaluru under Govt Quota.Right now, it is showing 1504 beds as available.System is reforming. pic.twitter.com/j59Q8Cuk8X Mr Surya has alleged that a "nexus of BBMP officials and frontline health workers" is conspiring to "buy" these beds after snatching them away from people who were dying without ICU care. "BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike) booking site says all beds are full. So many people are getting discharged... but the BBMP says all beds are booked. There is a nexus of BBMP officials, Aarogya Mitra (a frontline health service) people in hospitals and outside agents," he said. Mr Surya alleged the beds were being initially reserved for Covid patients in home isolation who were unaware of the allotment. After they failed to show up for admission the bed was "auto un-blocked", he said, claiming this had happened "in thousands of cases".