A video featuring suspended Trinamool Congress legislator Humayun Kabir has surfaced, where he accuses the West Bengal government’s ‘Swasthya Sathi’ health insurance scheme of widespread corruption. Kabir claims that private hospitals and nursing homes are inflating bills from Rs 5,000 to Rs 50,000 under the scheme, with the State Health Department allegedly facilitating this process.
According to Kabir, these medical facilities pay a bribe of Rs 10,000 to officials in the State Health Department to clear these inflated bills. He asserts that the hospitals profit by Rs 35,000 per bill, highlighting the delayed clearance of such bills despite the significant overcharging.
Kabir also sheds light on the dire conditions at state-run hospitals in Murshidabad, where multiple patients are forced to share beds due to overcrowding. The authenticity of the video has not been independently verified.
Bharatiya Janata Party’s Amit Malviya shared the video on social media, linking it to a recent revelation by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India about a Rs 100 crore scam in flood relief in Malda district. Malviya criticized Mamata Banerjee’s administration, accusing it of corruption and neglect in various sectors, including healthcare.
