LF-backed health staff kept instrument defunct: minister

"It was done with an intention to compel the patients to go to private hospitals for treatment," she said after inaugurating a hall for the classes of Nursing Training (ANM).

Similar sabotage have been carried out across the state to hinder provide better services at government hospitals, she said.

Gandhi Memorial Hospital is well-known for treatment of cardiac problems. It is the lone cardio-thoracic referral hospital in state.