Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SHP)
Bengaluru, Apr 26: Former CM Siddaramaiah has asked chief minister B S Yediyurappa to cancel 24-hour pass system for people seeking to visit hospitals for medical reasons.
“There are complaints that the police and other officials aren’t allowing patients dealing with cancer, heart, kidney and other health problems, as well as their relatives, to visit hospitals and come back,” Siddaramaiah said in his letter to the CM.
“People from Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Shivamogga, Uttara Kannada and other districts want to visit Manipal Hospital, but they are facing many problems in getting passes,” he said.
The former CM instead asked for allowing patients to visit hospitals based on their medical records.
Senior Congress leader H K Patil asserted pressure on CM Yediyurappa to withdraw lockdown relaxation. “Relaxing the lockdown isn’t the solution to revive the economy,” he said. “After relaxation was announced on April 22, COVID-19 cases have increased in Bengaluru and other places.
Patil claimed to have information that 60,000-70,000 vehicles were being used hourly in Bengaluru. “Five lac bikes have entered the roads. Bengaluru police have conducted a survey over two days and have given a report, I am told,” Patil said.
Patil pointed that with the rise in the cases and fatalities decision to bring in relaxation amid lockdown was unwise and fatal.