Delhi’s health facilities worst in country: Sukhbir

SAD chief Sukhbir Badal said this is as a reaction to AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal’s promises for Punjab’s health sector

Reacting to the claims of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal, Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday said he was not speaking truth on the health sector achievements of Delhi government.

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal addressing a press conference in Chandigarh. Sukbhir also took jibes at Kejriwal, saying that the latter was trying to befool the people of Punjab by making false promises. (KESHAV SINGH/HT)

“Information acquired under RTI reveals that health facilities in Delhi are the worst in the country,” said Sukhbir, in a media briefing here, after inducting former Rajya Sabha MP Varinder Singh Bajwa back into the SAD from the Congress party. He was offered the post of senior vice-president.

Reacting to the ‘guarantee’ given by Delhi CM during his visit to Ludhiana, Sukhbir said, “Kejriwal is simply repeating what was already announced by the SAD.”

He added that Kejriwal was trying to “befool Punjabis” with the failed mohalla-clinic model by promising 16,000 village clinics in Punjab. “He promised 1,000 mohalla clinics in Delhi but could open only 480 in six years, of which 270 have been already shut,” Sukhbir claimed.

Quoting information sought under the RTI, Sukhbir said the AAP government in Delhi had not added a single new hospital or a bed in existing hospitals. The national capital witnessed 25,000 Covid deaths and 103 doctors also lost their lives, he informed.

He also pointed out that Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) had to come to the rescue of people when the Kejriwal government was unable to provide oxygen to Covid patients.