Why did Shah choose a pvt hospital over AIIMS, asks Shashi Tharoor

Attacking Home Minister Amit Shah’s choice of medical treatment, Congress MP from Kerala Shashi Tharoor on Monday (Aug 3) questioned why Amit Shah did not go to AIIMS to receive treatment.

After Amit Shah tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday he was taken to Medanta Hospital, a private hospital in Gurgaon on doctor’s advice although he claimed that his health was fine in a tweet.

Reacting to this Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor took to Twitter to question why the home minister chose not to go to AIIMS but to a private hospital in a neighbouring state. “Public institutions need the patronage of the powerful if they are to inspire public confidence,” the tweet said.

True. Wonder why our Home Minister, when ill, chose not to go to AIIMS but to a private hospital in a neighbouring state. Public institutions need the patronage of the powerful if they are to inspire public confidence. https://t.co/HxVqdREura

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 3, 2020

All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi, is India’s premier medical institution established in 1956 when Jawaharal Nehru was the Prime Minister.

Shah has been actively leading efforts to fight the pandemic in the country where the case tally crossed the 17 lakh mark on Sunday. Political leaders, including BJP president J P Nadda, Rahul Gandhi of the Congress, DMK chief M K Stalin, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, wished Shah a speedy recovery.