GASPING FOR AIR
Last month, after an investigation in a local newspaper, the Gujarat government was forced to defend the purchase of locally-made ‘Dhaman-1’ ventilators that bureaucrats and doctors alleged were substandard. Critics allege the machines were rushed into production and inadequately tested because Parakramsinh Jadeja, MD of Jyoti CNC Automation, the manufacturer, comes from Rajkot, the same town as Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, and the two know each other well.
On June 9, state Congress president Amit Chavda called for the BJP government in the state to provide answers. “We want to know how many critical patients are
