BJP worker vents out his ire when Parbhu Vasava visits community isolation centre in Surat on Wednesday
Surat: BJP MP from Bardoli Prabhu Vasava faced the ire of a BJP worker at a Covid-19 isolation centre in Puna area of the city on Wednesday. Mahesh Hirpara, secretary of ward 16 (Puna West) of city BJP unit, was angry with his party leaders since he did not get their help in arranging proper treatment for his cousin brother who succumbed to Covid-19 recently.
Videos of the incident went viral in which Hirpara is seen angrily shouting at the BJP leaders including Vasava. The MP was accompanied by local BJP leaders.
Fire was caused by short-circuit in room on the third floor
Rajkot: As many as 59 Covid-19 patients were rescued after a fire broke out at the covid care centre set up at Generation X Hotel on Kala Nala Road in Bhavnagar Tuesday midnight.
Nobody was injured in the fire, said Bhavnagar fire officals, adding that 59 Covid patients were shifted to other hospitals for safety. The centre at the hotel was being managed by city-based Samarpan group.
According to sources, the fire was caused by short-circuit in room 303 on the third floor of the hotel. There were total 69 Covid-19 patients under treatment at the centre when the fire broke out.
Rajkot: A 40-year-old Covid-19 patient who was under home isolation ended life by suicide in Dhrol town of Jamnagar district on Friday morning. According to police, deceased was identified as Dharmishthaba Gohil, a resident of Chamunda plot in Dhrol town. This was the fourth suicide case of Covid-19 patients in last 10 days in Saurashtra region.
“Dharmitshaba was infected with Covid-19 last week and was under home isolation. On Friday, she hanged herself from a ceiling fan in her room. She had also been under psychiatric treatment for the last two years,” husband, Dharmendrasinh Gohil, informed police.
Earlier on Tuesday, Niruben Bhalgama, 56, who tested positive a day earlier, had jumped off the building in University campus in Rajkot. Same day, Mahesh Hirpara, 47, who too had tested positive and was under home isolation, died by suicide in the afternoon.
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