The contract, given to PDPL on May 31, was for running 2,125 ambulances as part of the Dial 102 service. Under this, ambulances ferry critical patients, pregnant women, and infants to the nearest government hospitals free of cost.
In a two-part series on June 18 and 19, The Indian Express had reported how the state government allegedly tweaked and relaxed tender norms, bypassed the court’s caution and ignored several adverse audit reports to award the contract to run emergency ambulances across the state to PDPL.
The infrastructure included Dial 102, the call-an-ambulance service run by the consortium of Pashupatinath Distributors Private Limited (PDPL) and Samman Foundation between 2017 and 2022.
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Ravi Shankar Prasad alleges political patronage and says the health of pregnant women, infants, and critical patients are being compromised, while Sushil Modi claims a conflict of interest citing 'document leaks'.