A patient on oxygen support waiting for admission at SSG Hospital
Vadodara: Senior IAS officer Dr Vinod Rao, in-charge of Covid-19 in central Gujarat, was forced to put on hold his notification denying oxygen to 164 Covid-designated ‘small’ hospitals within 24 hours of issuing it.
Thousands of patients remained on the edge after the notification on Sunday night declaring that 164 smaller hospitals will not be given oxygen any more and they should stop admitting patients needing oxygen. The notification was eventually put on hold in wake of the tremendous political pressure.
The notification had grouped private hospitals in different categories based on their capacity and need for oxygen. It was decided that smaller hospitals with low capacity will not be allowed to admit patients needing oxygen. They were to be given oxygen for existing patients as well as for emergency needs.
Vadodara: With 754 more Covid-19 cases being reported in the city and district, the total number of cases reached 40,826. Eight more persons were declared dead due to the viral infection taking the total number of deaths to 341.
As many as 7,136 tests were conducted in the city and district out of which the fresh Covid cases were detected. The cases included 387 from the areas of Vadodara district outside Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) limits and the remaining from the city.
The city received 92 cases each in the east, west and north zones. The south zone of the city accounted for 91 new cases.
On Monday, 575 persons were discharged from different hospitals and home quarantine. So far, 33,896 persons have recovered from Covid-19. This left, 6,589 active cases in the city and district.
Minister Yogesh Patel in a meeting with govt officials in Vadodara
Vadodara: The expansion of Covid-19 treatment facilities in Vadodara was put on hold due the rationalisation of oxygen being supplied to hospitals. As of now, the city will get oxygen only for the existing treatment infrastructure.
The administration on Friday kept the expansion of treatment facilities on GMERS Gotri Hospital on hold. On Saturday, minister of state for Narmada and urban housing Yogesh Patel said that no new hospital or Covid Care Centres will be given oxygen by the government.
On Saturday, Patel held a meeting with Vadodara’s top officials, officer on special duty for Covid-19 Vinod Rao and elected representatives. Later, Patel pointed out that the supply of oxygen to existing private and government Covid hospitals would continue uninterrupted. “The government will ensure that the existing system does not break down,” he said.
Surat/Vadodara/Ahmedabad: The dire shortage of beds and oxygen is forcing Covid-19 patients to risk travelling hundreds of kilometres away to save their lives.
If patients from Saurashtra are going all the way up to Surat, Vadodara hospitals are seeing an influx of Covid-infected from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Situation at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital is no different even as it’s become virtually impossible to get beds there.
Saurashtra’s three biggest hospitals the Pandit Deendayal Hospital (Rajkot civil hospital), Jamnagar’s GG Hospitals and Bhavnagar’s Sir T Hospital are overwhelmed with patients not just from respective cities but from villages of other districts too.
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SURAT/VADODARA/AHMEDABAD: The dire shortage of beds and oxygen is forcing Covid-19 patients to risk travelling hundreds of kilometres away to save their lives.
If patients from Saurashtra are going all the way up to Surat, Vadodara hospitals are seeing an influx of Covid-infected from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Situation at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital is no different even as it’s become virtually impossible to get beds there.
Saurashtra’s three biggest hospitals the Pandit Deendayal Hospital (Rajkot civil hospital), Jamnagar’s GG Hospitals and Bhavnagar’s Sir T Hospital are overwhelmed with patients not just from respective cities but from villages of other districts too.