Patna, April 8 – Tejashwi Yadav, the leader of the opposition in the Bihar Assembly, has launched a scathing attack on Bihar's healthcare system following the circulation of a disturbing video from Gaya on social media.
The video, reportedly from the Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College Hospital, shows a young man carrying his elderly grandmother out of a ward on a scooter, as no stretcher or wheelchair was available.
The footage has sparked outrage and raised serious questions about the state's hospital infrastructure.
Sharing the video on X, Tejashwi Yadav made a sarcastic remark about the government and Health Minister Mangal Pandey. "In Bihar's hospitals, there are no doctors in some places; in others, there are no cotton or needles; in some places, there are no medicines or beds – and now even wheelchairs are unavailable. Patients are being transported on bicycles, cots, and scooters out of sheer helplessness," he wrote.
He further alleged that under the current NDA government, the healthcare system has completely collapsed in the state.
Tejashwi questioned the very definition of healthcare facilities in the state, arguing that merely constructing buildings and labelling them as hospitals does not improve medical services. "If there are no doctors, nurses, medicines, or basic facilities, why call it a hospital?" he asked.
He also accused the government of prioritizing construction contracts over strengthening healthcare delivery, claiming that such institutions risk becoming empty structures without proper staffing and resources.
Targeting the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, Tejashwi alleged that it is indifferent to the suffering of the poor and more focused on retaining power.
He further claimed that government hospitals in Bihar have effectively become referral centres, pushing patients towards private healthcare facilities.
Tejashwi also asserted that initiatives undertaken during his tenure in the Health Department have been neglected, alleging that the system has once again fallen under the influence of middlemen and what he termed a medical mafia.
The viral video has intensified the political debate over Bihar's healthcare system, with renewed scrutiny on infrastructure gaps and service delivery in government hospitals.