Covid-19: Jignesh Mevani in Gujarat high court, seeks facilities in Vadgam

TNN / Updated: Apr 30, 2021, 11:35 IST

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Complaining that he feels “helpless and vulnerable” as the Covid-19 crisis worsens though he is an elected representative, Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani on Thursday approached the Gujarat high court seeking directions to the government to allow him to spend from his allocated MLA funds to create facilities for Covid treatment in his constituency.

Covid-19: Jignesh Mevani in Gujarat high court, seeks facilities in Vadgam

As the district hospital at Palanpur cannot take more load in this recent Covid surge, Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani wants primary health centres and a community health centre in his constituency to provide Covid care.

AHMEDABAD: Complaining that he feels “helpless and vulnerable” as the Covid-19 crisis worsens though he is an elected representative, Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani on Thursday approached the Gujarat high court seeking directions to the government to allow him to spend from his allocated MLA funds to create facilities for Covid treatment in his constituency.
Saying that his constituency does not have any Covid facility, Mevani urged the HC to direct the government to permit him to set up an oxygen plant, a Covid testing facility at a strategic location, to provide ventilators and ensure necessary medical logistics including supply of remdesivir and tocilizumab injections.

For this, the money may be spent from his annual MLA funds of Rs 1.5 crore.
As the district hospital at Palanpur cannot take more load in this recent Covid surge, he wants primary health centres and a community health centre in his constituency to provide Covid care.

Through advocate Anand Yagnik, Mevani filed an application requesting the HC to allow him to join the litigation on Covid-19. He stated in his application that he has requested the chief secretary to spend Rs 30 lakh and directions are required to the authorities for quick relief to people in his constituency.
He also urged the court to direct the Banaskantha district administration to buy oxygen concentrators and for PHCs and CHCs in his constituency from his MLA funds.
Mevani stated that he “feels helpless and vulnerable even though he is an elected representative and he is unable to provide medical assistance to the people suffering from corona…”.
He further stated, “If the funds meant for the applicant as an MLA are utilized towards setting up an oxygen plant with the help of competent and suitable agency, and if primary and community health centres are equipped with ventilators and other necessary medical logistics and equipment, besides oxygen, the constituency of the applicant will have an effective corona hospital.”

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