Kharge says Modi govt has rendered country’s health system ‘sick’, Mandaviya points to UPA’s ‘failure’

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday alleged the Centre has rendered the country’s health system “sick” with even AIIMS facilities grappling with staff shortage, drawing a sharp rebuttal from Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya. Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, Kharge targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing a media report which claimed that 19 All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) are facing a shortage of doctors and other staff.