India
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New Delhi, May 18: The AAP and the BJP locked horns on Tuesday over admission of patients in COVID-19 care centres in the national capital.
AAP leader Durgesh Pathak accused the BJP-led civic body of wilful negligence in admitting patients in the 150-bed Covid Care Centre at Balak Ram Hospital, while BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor rejected the charge and called it an attempt to create confusion and tarnish the image of municipal corporations of Delhi (MCD).
Addressing a press conference, Pathak alleged that the MCD allocated 300-400 beds for COVID-19 patients out of a total of 3,400 in its hospitals, and that many of them remained vacant.
“AAP finds this a downright criminal act by BJP-led MCD and an extremely unfortunate decision. AAP demands that the BJP-led MCD…