Fake Ventilator Scandal: ‘A Shame on Gujarat and India’

The utter incompetence and corruption in the Gujarat government was exposed when Artificial Manual Breathing Units were sought to be passed off as ventilators thereby jeopardising the lives of Covid-19 patients.

The utter incompetence and corruption in the Gujarat government was exposed when Artificial Manual Breathing Units were sought to be passed off as ventilators thereby jeopardising the lives of Covid-19 patients. What was worse was the Vijay Rupani government's endorsement of these fake ventilators and the claim that these represented the success of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ‘Make in India’ programme. Deepal Trivedi, Editor, Ahmedabad Mirror, explains the scam in an exclusive interview with NewsClick.