The Uttar Pradesh government had launched a Coronavirus Command Centre to ensure the treatment of coronavirus patients as well as timely delivery of medicines. But serious doubts have been raised whether the centre would really prove to be public-friendly after a recorded conversation between the command centre operator and a patient surfaced on various social media platforms.
Santosh Singh and his wife got themselves tested for COVID-19 on April 10. The couple decided to isolate themselves after experiencing coronavirus symptoms.
However, on April 12 , the reports confirmed that the couple were Covid-19 positive.
In the phone call, the command centre operator can be heard calling Santosh Kumar Singh. He received a call at 8:14 am on April 15. At the beginning of the call, the operator verifies if she is speaking to Singh and if he is under home isolation, as per the data that’s available with her. Singh confirmed the same and was asked whether he had downloaded the home isolation app.
When Singh told her that he had not been informed about the app and that he had not received any call prior to this, the operator responded, “Marr jao na jaa kar, gawar toh ho hi.” (Go and die, you are an illiterate anyway)
Singh has written a letter to state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Lucknow District Magistrate Abhishek Prakash informing them about the incident and demanding clarification.
Meanwhile, amid a surge in coronavirus cases, Lucknow district administration has listed 17 private hospitals for the use of covid patients where they can be treated.