Bollywood Actor Sonu Sood claims that he has arranged for a bed at Ganjam City Hospital in Brahmapur for a patient. But the Collector and District Magistrate of Ganjam denied any such arrangement in their area.
According to the IANS report, on May 17 the official Twitter account of the Collector and District Magistrate of Ganjam, Odisha responded by quoting- “We didn’t receive any communication from @SoodFoundation or @SonuSood. Requested patient is in Home isolation and stable. No bed issues @BrahmapurCorp is monitoring it. @CMO_Odisha,” . The tweet was made by the official Twitter account of the Collector and District Magistrate of Ganjam while tagging the Twitter handle of the Office of the Chief Minister of Odisha.
Sir, We never claimed that we approached you, it's the needy who approached us & we arranged the bed for him, attatched are the chats for your reference.Ur office is doing a great job & u can double check that we had helped him too.Have DM you his contact details. Jai hind , ?? https://t.co/9atQhI3r4b pic.twitter.com/YUam9AsjNQ
— sonu sood (@SonuSood) May 17, 2021
When Sonu Sood posted a tweet which quoted – “Not to worry. Bed has been arranged at GanjamCity Hospital, Berhampur (DCHC) @SoodFoundation”, on May 15, later the Collector and District Magistrate of Ganjam responded to this tweet denying any such arrangement.
Our intention was not to criticise your system. We have our own TEAM GANJAM to ensure bed availability for patient which work 24*7. Still it’s our duty to investigate if any issues about bed availability. That’s why we cleared the facts. You and your Organization doing great job. https://t.co/nBvIvZR7lM
— Collector & District Magistrate, Ganjam (@Ganjam_Admin) May 17, 2021
However, reacting to the District Magistrate’s tweet Sonu shared screenshots of a WhatsApp conversation saying he has arranged for the bed because the patient’ family approached him for help.
Sonu tweeted while quoting- “Sir, We never claimed that we approached you, it’s the needy who approached us and we arranged the bed for him, attached are the chats for your reference. Ur office is doing a great job & u can double check that we had helped him too. Have DM you his contact details. Jai hind.”
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