Bhopal gas tragedy | officials didn't do enough, hospital posts not filled: SC panel

A monitoring committee appointed by the Supreme Court to look into the Bhopal gas tragedy has flagged glaring inefficiencies in the aid provided to the victims over the years.

According to Indian Express, the panel raised several red flags before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, which has started a contempt proceedings against three senior state officials.

The committee revealed that the medical records in gas relief hospitals were not digitised. The panel also flagged vacant posts in the hospitals run by the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department.

The panel found that there are 498 vacancies against 1,247 sanctioned posts in hospitals run by the department.

Despite Supreme Court's direction in 2012, about 4.6 lakh victims weren't given health booklets.

The gas leak which took place on the night of December 2-3, 1984, had killed thousands of people and lakhs suffered its long-term effects.

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