Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday accused the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh of destroying the state’s healthcare system, alleging that even the major government hospitals are unable to provide basic facilities to the patients.

In a statement issued here, the former chief minister claimed that patients at government hospitals are not receiving adequate medicines or treatment, while institutions like the SGPGI (Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences), King George’s Medical University, and the Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow are facing shortages of ventilators and beds.

“People are losing faith in government hospitals,” he said.

The Samajwadi Party (SP) chief also alleged that most district hospitals and medical colleges

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