Hours after the Morbi Bridge Tragedy in Gujarat, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the city. The opposition parties and the netizens have started asking tough questions, more importantly about the ‘sprucing’ up of the hospitals.
While the wounds of the injured and the grief of the dead were still very fresh, the authorities seemed more interested in renovating the place for the visit of the Prime Minister. The Government Civil Hospital saw an overnight facelift before the Prime Minister’s visit on Tuesday.
Beds and tiles changed just before the visit of PM Narendra Modi
Now Gujaratis have two options to get good Hospitals
1. Make Narendra Modi visit every Hospital in Gujarat.
2. Vote For AAP in coming elections.#MorbiBridgeCollapse #MorbiScam pic.twitter.com/g9VO0BqjVl
— Siddharth (@ethicalsid) November 1, 2022
Hospitals Renovated Overnight
Reports suggest that Painters, carpenters, and masons were working overtime to get the work done, and sweepers were brought from Rajkot City to help the locals. The walls of the hospitals were painted, new beds were purchased, new cabins were built, new tiles replaced the older ones and several other minor changes were brought in. The floors were deep cleaned and new bed sheets replaced the older ones, a few of them had markings of a hospital in Jamnagar. Local reporters have put out video reports showing the makeover
B.V Srinivas, Youth Congress President commented at the ‘eventbaazi’ of the BJP by writing – “Aaj Morbi mein lashon ka event hai (There’s an event of corpses in Morbi today).
Modi ji is visit to Morbi hospital, and the preparations made for his visit, remind us of Munnabhai MBBS.
Sometimes reality is close to comedy, as a tragedy is sought to be made a farce pic.twitter.com/OHJYTbAKXL— Prashant Bhushan (@pbhushan1) November 2, 2022
New mattresses and bedsheets in Morbi Hospital.
For Modi's visit, the BJP Govt must have spent more money on the hospital's makeover than the bridge's maintenance. pic.twitter.com/oqpp43eqLq
— Abhijeet Dipke (@abhijeet_dipke) November 1, 2022
Selected Patients Only!
The Prime Minister’s visit also saw him interacting with a few patients. A report by the NDTV stated that a few select patients were allowed to speak to the Prime Minister. Those patients were briefed about the conversation and were shifted to different rooms, with better and newer equipment.
Yesterday, nearly 150 people, including 47 kids, died in a bridge collapse in Morbi. Hundreds are injured and being treated at the hospital. But Hospital is busy decorating itself for Modi's photo op visit tomorrow. This is New India. pic.twitter.com/zRjQkp3kPd
— Ashok Swain (@ashoswai) October 31, 2022
There are statements of the relatives who claimed that the instant upgradation was done only for the visit of the Prime Minister, whereas in reality the necessities of the patients were ignored. The Congress has slammed the ‘Gujarat Model’. The Youth Congress posted a video showing that the parts of the roads leading up to the hospitals were being re-laid before the visit of the PM.
The opposition parties have also questioned the lack of development in the health infrastructure of the state where the BJP has ruled for the majority of the last few decades.
The hospital being decked up before Modi’s visit is the defining picture of the #Morbi tragedy.
Poor die on collapsing bridges. Rich die on badly designed highways.
No lives matter in this nation.
Get out of here. If you are in 20s, you still have a chance. pic.twitter.com/GxKHaOU73t
— Ravi Handa (@ravihanda) November 1, 2022
New bedsheets brought from a Jamnagar hospital to Morbi ahead of Modi’s visit. (Distance between the two is 105km) pic.twitter.com/gugghK7YFD
— Dax Patel (@thedaxpatel) November 1, 2022
पीएम के दौरे के बाद अस्पताल में थे पत्रकार, सुनिए सविताबेन ने क्या कहा।
विडियो के अंत में पत्रकार कहती है, 'प्रधान मंत्री इनके पास खड़े थे और इनका ये कहना है, चूंकि इनकी तबियत खराब है, तो याकीनंद प्रधान मंत्री उनसे ज्यादा बात नहीं की और उनका हाल चल लेकर दूसरे कामरे में चले गए।' pic.twitter.com/a0cySmdhQj— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) November 1, 2022
