Health Department Construction Scam

Key Allegations in the Health Department Construction / Infrastructure

1. Single-Bidder Contracts for Construction
   
   
   
   • According to BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi, an audit report (Accountant-General) indicates that the Bihar Medical Services & Infrastructure Corporation Ltd (BMSICL) awarded construction work (offices, residential quarters, drug warehouses) to single bidders.
   
   
   • Modi claimed this caused a loss of ₹ 4.78 crore − ₹ 8.62 crore to the state exchequer.
   
   
   • The allegation demands a CBI probe into the “messy affairs” of BMSICL.
   
   
   
   


2. Medicine Purchase Irregularities
   
   
   
   • Apart from construction, there were irregularities in medical equipment and drug procurement: a state audit reportedly found financial issues (e.g., irregularities worth ₹ 1.85 crore in equipment purchase).
   
   
   • There’s also a mention of a "drug-purchase / drug-and-equipment scam" connected to the same corporation.
   
   
   • Note: this is not purely construction, but infrastructure + procurement together.
   
   
   
   


3. Money Laundering / Bribery in Infrastructure Tendering
   
   
   
   • In March 2025, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches in Bihar related to PMLA investigations.
   
   
   • The ED accused several officials (from BMSICL, Bihar Construction Department, etc.) of receiving bribes for favorable outcomes in tenders and clearing bills.
   
   
   • Cash amounting to ~₹ 11.64 crore was seized in these raids.
   
   
   
   


4. Health Department "Cleaning" (Sanitation) Scam
   
   
   
   • According to Dainik Bhaskar, there was a scam in the health department over sanitation / cleaning work. In primary health centers and hospitals, “cleaning” contracts were reportedly manipulated: same work (e.g., floor cleaning) was charged multiple times under different heads.
   
   
   • Specifically: cleaning of floor, walls, and ceilings was tendered together, but costs were inflated, and “cleaning” work bills ballooned in 2011 compared to 2010.
   
   
   
   


5. Fake Nurse Appointments
   
   
   
   • More recently, in 2025, 12 nurses (GNM) at the Gopalganj Sadar Hospital were found to have been appointed using fake appointment letters.
   
   
   • 11 of these nurses have had FIRs filed against them.
   
   
   • This points more to HR fraud than infrastructure, but still within the health department.