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Surat: A resident of Valsad district was arrested for allegedly cheating a relative of a Covid-19 patient by taking Rs 42,500 for tocilizumab injection but not delivering it.
Police arrested Hemant Savariya, a resident of Pardi Sandh village on Sunday evening for cheating Hemant Patel from Dungri Gam.
Patel had contacted Savariya on April 26 to arrange for tocilizumab injections for the treatment of his family member Mrugesh Patel, a resident of Daman who was under treatment at a Covid-19 hospital in Vapi town.
“Doctors asked us to arrange for tocilizumab as the hospital did not have it. So, we contacted Patel who promised to arrange. We transferred Rs 42,500 through net banking into his account. But when we kept calling him to inquire about the status, he started making excuses and did not deliver the injections. He then switched off his mobile phones too,” Patel told police.
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AHMEDABAD: Prakash Chandra, 59, did not have any symptoms of Covid-19 but got himself tested after his son tested positive. His report came positive. When his doctor insisted for a CT scan after his blood tests revealed high sugar levels and inflammatory markers, it was found that 50% of his lung was involved. His oxygen saturation too had dipped to 85. All this on Day-1 itself. He is now admitted in the hospital with his son whose scan has revealed nearly 60% damage to his lungs by the virus.
Even as the debate on the importance of HRCT rages on after the statement of AIIMS-D director Dr Randeep Guleria that HRCT did not serve any purpose in mild and home isolated Covid-19 patients, city-based radiologists are busy with a high number of infected and suspected patients lining up for high-resolution CT (HRCT) of thorax (chest and lungs) to understand the lung involvement and severity of the infection. Doctors say the CT score of the lung
Indiaâs large diaspora â long a boon to Indiaâs economy â is tapping its wealth, political clout and expertise to help its home country combat the catastrophic coronavirus surge that has left people to die outside overwhelmed hospitals.
Around the world, people of Indian descent are donating money, personally delivering desperately needed oxygen equipment and setting up telehealth consultations and information sessions in hopes of beating back the outbreak.
Two humanitarian groups in the U.S. led by people of Indian background raised more than $25 million in recent days to help the teetering health care system. Indian American doctors, hotel owners and other entrepreneurs, some responding to requests for help from Indian leaders, have pledged or donated millions more.