A press release issued by the Additional Chief Secretary Health and Nodal Officer Covid-19 R D
Dhiman said that a high level Committee led by the Director Industry and Controler Store including Director Health Medical Education, Principal IGMC and Deputy Controller Finance and Account Health Education Directorate would be its member .The high level interdepartmental committee has been asked to submit the probe report within
ten day notice from today to the Government about the said deal.Press release said that initially no anomalies appeared in the said deal of purchase of Ventilators on the
level of Directorate Health Services however probe is necessary in the interest of transparency.The Government clarified that order was placed to purchase ten Ventilators by the department when
it was considered very essential to acquire the equipment and seven ventilators have been already been handed over by the department on April 15 ,2020 and have been deployed in health institutions with immediate effect.More over the rate of Ventilator on the GeM Portal still indicates it around Rs 10.30 lakh per unit
which comprising of main appliance, Medical Air processor, Basic Accessories, Adult, Pediatric or Neonatal Application Accessories , Optional Accessories, ETCO2 Application Accessories , SPO2 application accessories , Humidifier and warranty of five years.Director Health Services clarified that decisions of purchase of ventilators were taken when the entire country and
this state was dealing with major threat of Corona Virus.Dhiman said before finalising the deal the purchase committee also study similar procurement made by
the Orissa Medical Supplies Corporation to purchase 20 ventilators as it cost them around Rs 1.83 Crore excluding the GST.The Departmental Purchase Committee according the demand of time decided to buy ten ventilators after verifying various aspects like price and technical modalities of the desired equipment.
Department has initiated the probe on the basis that a complaint appeared in the media report about the anomalies in the ventilators purchase . Entire record was recalled by the Government in the matter after the complaint, he added.