At AIIMS Rishikesh, officials jeopardized the lives of patients while constructing the Cardio CCU. They embezzled money for curtains and automatic doors, and also pocketed ₹9.7 million for a life-saving defibrillator for heart patients. This machine never arrived in the CCU. The clinching incident occurred when an additional professor even certified the construction as satisfactory. When the CBI investigated, the file was also discovered to have disappeared. The CBI has filed a case against former AIIMS Director Dr. Ravikant, Additional Professor Dr. Rajesh Pasricha, and storekeeper Roop Singh for the ₹2.73 crore (approximately $2.73 crore) CCU construction scam. According to reports, a tender was awarded in December 2017 for the establishment of the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) in the Cardiology Department at AIIMS. The tender was awarded to a Delhi-based company, M/s Pro Medic Devices. Meanwhile, complaints surfaced that the CCU was incomplete and that substandard equipment had been installed. As part of a preliminary investigation, the CBI Dehradun branch conducted a surprise inspection last March. Documents examined revealed that a total of ₹8.08 crore had been paid to the company between November 1, 2019, and January 13, 2020. After the CCU was constructed, Additional Professor Dr. Rajesh Pasricha issued a certificate of satisfactory work. Storekeeper Roop Singh also provided a fake certificate and recorded the items in the central store. CCU Project Under Construction The CBI found that these items and equipment were listed in the register, but the items were not in the store. Therefore, this certificate was also found to be false. The real story begins when the CBI inspected the CCU. The door was closed and a sign stated, “CCU Project Under Construction.” When the door was opened, they found equipment lying haphazardly. The floor was broken. Some equipment had been installed, while others had been abandoned. There were no curtains. There was no automatic sliding door. Neither the ceiling nor the walls were complete. Similarly, the most expensive equipment, a defibrillator, was missing. This is considered a life-saving device for heart patients. The CBI has filed a case of corruption and fraud against three people, including the director, over these irregularities. These items were missing: -Automatic sliding door (Rs. 279,500) -Surgeon control panel (Rs. 585,000) -Motorized blind window (Rs. 520,000) -Electrical work (Rs. 520,000) -Partitions and curtains for 16 beds (Rs. 11,440) -Medical gas pipeline system (Rs. 9800,000) -Defibrillator (Rs. 1330,641) -Suction machine (Rs. 121,781) -16 air purifiers (Rs. 4457,143) Items worth a total of Rs. 17625,505 were found missing. Construction -Wall paneling: 362 square meters shown on the bill, only 224.71 square meters found on the spot. A scam of Rs. 8923,850 occurred. -271 square meters in the ceiling bill, 259 square meters on the spot, resulting in a scam of Rs 7,80,000. Total scam Rs 97,03,850
