Babulal Marandi has alleged that the latest CAG report exposes widespread financial mismanagement, corruption, and irregularities in the Hemant Soren-led government. Out of 3,634 sanctioned posts for medical officers and specialists, 2,210 remained vacant — constituting 61 per cent of the total requirement. The audit also highlighted a critical lack of staff nurses and paramedics in government hospitals across the state. The availability of essential medicines at community health centres, district hospitals, and medical colleges ranged from just 5 per cent to 35 per cent, indicating a shortage of 65 to 95 per cent. Marandi further alleged that due to the mismanagement of Covid-19 funds, key healthcare infrastructure projects — such as district-level RTPCR laboratories, a Centre of Excellence in Pediatrics in Ranchi, as well as liquid medical oxygen plants — were not completed. The former Jharkhand Chief Minister described the five-year tenure of the previous government as a period of repeated failures and demanded that the state government issue a white paper detailing its work so far.
