Wonder why Home Minister chose private healthcare facility, not AIIMS: Tharoor on Amit Shah screening Covid-19 favorable
By: Express Web Desk|New Delhi |
Upgraded: August 3, 2020 7: 28: 55 pm
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor (File picture)
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday questioned why Union House Minister Amit Shah, who tested favorable for COVID-19 on Sunday, has been confessed to a private healthcare facility as he questioned why the home minister picked not to go to AIIMS in Delhi.
Taking to Twitter, Tharoor said, “Real.
Wonder why our Home Minister, when ill, chose not to go to AIIMS but to a personal hospital in a neighbouring state. https://t.co/HxVqdREura
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 3, 2020
Union Home Minister Amit Shah revealed on Sunday evening that he has evaluated positive for the novel coronavirus
” Following the look of preliminary signs of Covid-19, I got myself tested and the report is favorable.
Sources said the house minister has actually been admitted to Medanta Healthcare facility in Gurgaon Shah has actually been going to medical facilities and Covid-19 centres in Delhi. He is the first member of the Union Cabinet to test positive for the illness.
The home minister went to an essential meeting of the Cabinet last Wednesday at which Prime Minister Narendra Modi, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, and several other top ministers existed. Following the meeting, the federal government revealed the brand-new National Education Policy
At least 2 BJP leaders who satisfied Shah said on Sunday that they were separating themselves. Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Modification Babul Supriyo and Rajya Sabha MP Vinay Sahasrabuddhe said they have quarantined themselves in your home. Among others whom Shah has actually fulfilled over the past couple of days are Coal and Mines Minister Prahlad Joshi, West Bengal BJP in-charge Kailash Vijayvargiya, Haryana BJP chief O P Dhankar, and Gujarat BJP chief C R Patil.
I had met Honble HM Shri @AmitShah ji day before at night – I am encouraged by Doctors to confine myself, far from my member of the family, for the next few days with a test to be done soon –
Shall abide with all preventive procedures as per Rules & Procedure #COVID19 #AmitShah— Babul Supriyo (@SuPriyoBabul) August 2, 2020
Earlier today, IT and Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said he has gone into self-isolation, as he had met Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday night. Prasad does not have any signs and the self-isolation is purely based upon existing procedure.
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