Published on April 23, 2021 AHMEDABAD: A mid-sized Covid hospital in eastern city parts on Tuesday night sent an SOS to a group of hospital owners and administrators. “We have oxygen that can only last for the next 40 minutes. We have 20 patients. Need your support,” read the message. Five nearby hospitals spared one … Continue reading Ahmedabad: Crisis makes doctors beg, borrow oxygen from kin, other hospitals
Oxygen use in Gujarat up 13 times in 30 days
Published on April 23, 2021 AHMEDABAD: It is often a race against time for the city-based hospitals treating Covid-19 patients when they begin to run short of oxygen. While the majority of hospitals have hired vehicles just to ferry oxygen from refill plants continuously, doctors have also devised methods to help each other. Dr Sunil … Continue reading Oxygen use in Gujarat up 13 times in 30 days
Ahmedabad Covid deluge: EMRI 108 fields 25K calls a day, @17 a minute
Published on April 22, 2021 AHMEDABAD: Animesh Patel (name changed), a driver of EMRI 108 ambulance, was seventh in the queue of 30-odd ambulances outside the 1,200-bed Covid hospital at 2 pm on Wednesday. “We started from residence in Ranip at 10 am and arrived at the hospital by 10.30 am. The patient is administered … Continue reading Ahmedabad Covid deluge: EMRI 108 fields 25K calls a day, @17 a minute
Gujarat: In current wave, average time in hospital up from six to nine days
Published on April 21, 2021 AHMEDABAD/ SURAT: Ravindra Sathe, a resident of Gota, developed respiratory issues on Monday night. While EMRI 108 took about 12 hours to take him from his residence to an AMC-run hospital, much to the family’s horror, the hospital was full. The same ambulance took him to two nearby hospitals which … Continue reading Gujarat: In current wave, average time in hospital up from six to nine days
Gasping for breath, scurrying for beds: Gujarat on tenterhooks
Published on April 20, 2021 AHMEDABAD: On Monday, Gujarat added yet another record high of 11,403 Covid-19 cases and 117 deaths. The flood of cases on a daily basis has manifested in queues which are getting longer outside designated Covid-19 hospitals across the state. Shukla family from Vastrapur was part of a similar queue outside … Continue reading Gasping for breath, scurrying for beds: Gujarat on tenterhooks
GIS expert creates map of corona beds
Published on April 19, 2021 Ahmedabad: Citizens are turning to the website of Ahmedabad Hospitals & Nursing Homes Association (AHNA) to ascertain the latest status of hospital beds. “We thought that it would be easier for citizens to locate hospitals in their vicinity if we show them on a map,” said Piyush Shah, a Cept … Continue reading GIS expert creates map of corona beds
Adding health infra on war footing: Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani
Published on April 19, 2021 Gujarat’s Chief Minister Vijay Rupani in an interview with TOI’s Parth Shastri talked about the state battling the Covid-19 health crisis, long queues outside hospitals, the piling up of bodies at crematoriums, and the lessons learnt from the previous spikes in infectionsHow is Gujarat coping with the alarming surge in … Continue reading Adding health infra on war footing: Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani
Ahmedabad crosses 1 lakh Covid cases, 20k in last 9 days
Published on April 19, 2021 AHMEDABAD: With 3,694 new positive cases in 24 hours, Ahmedabad district on Sunday became 23rddistrict in India to cross 1 lakh cumulative positive cases mark. One of the most affected districts in Gujarat during the pandemic, Ahmedabad accounts for one in every four Covid positive cases and one in every … Continue reading Ahmedabad crosses 1 lakh Covid cases, 20k in last 9 days
Ahmedabad: Nearly 80% patients come to hospitals needing oxygen
Published on April 17, 2021 AHMEDABAD: Sudhir Jadav, 50, a resident of Prabhat Chowk, succumbed at Civil Hospital on Friday morning. “His RT-PCR report was negative. But he had developed extreme breathlessness on Thursday night. We called EMRI 108 at 9 pm to hospitalize him and were told to wait. My daughter took him to … Continue reading Ahmedabad: Nearly 80% patients come to hospitals needing oxygen
Covid-19: Ahmedabad has highest fatality rate among major cities
Published on April 17, 2021 AHMEDABAD: On Thursday, Gujarat crossed the grave milestone of 5,000 mortalities during the ongoing pandemic. A day before, Ahmedabad had become the 10th district in India to have over 2,500 deaths. Analysis of the mortality trend in major cities revealed that Ahmedabad had case fatality rate (CFR) of 2.7% — … Continue reading Covid-19: Ahmedabad has highest fatality rate among major cities
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