Gujarat hospitals unable to admit patients for want of trained medical staff, oxygen
April 29, 2021
Ahmedabad's newly-built 900-bed Dhanvantari hospital operates sub-optimally even as patients queue-up
Severe shortage of human resources, coupled with flooding of Covid-19 patients, has thrown hospital infrastructure completely out of gear in most of the towns in Gujarat. At several cities, hospitals have no other option but deny admission to Covid-19 patients owing to shortage of either trained healthcare staff or medical-grade oxygen.
The severity of the ground situation can be gauged from a widely-circulated video from Ahmedabad, where an autorickshaw driver was seen pushing through the barricades at the entrance of newly-set up 900-bed Dhanvantari Covid-19 hospital on Thursday.