Published on April 28, 2021 AHMEDABAD: Naseem Belim, a resident of Santalpur in Patan, reels under the shock of losing her maternal aunt Alima, 80, to Covid pandemic. “I took her in an auto and travelled for nearly 100 km in and around our village, but not a single hospital – private or government-run – … Continue reading Gujarat: ‘Buried my aunt, she’s still not moved up Covid hospital wait list’
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Gujarat: Scarce oxygen, 108 delays leave citizens on brink
Published on April 27, 2021 AHMEDABAD: Vinod Parmar, a resident of Sola, called the EMRI 108 emergency service on Friday morning. “It was a non-Covid call as my grandmother had started developing age-related complications. We followed-up three or four times, and then gave up,” he recounts. “She was taken to a nearby hospital but could … Continue reading Gujarat: Scarce oxygen, 108 delays leave citizens on brink
Gujarat: Towns reeling from acute oxygen shortage
Published on April 26, 2021 AHMEDABAD: Oxygen supply problems, doctors counting minutes for the arrival of the next oxygen consignment to sustain patients, hospitals denying admission due to the lack of oxygen — for a person in cities like Ahmedabad, this may sound grimly familiar. But the scarcity has now percolated down to tier II … Continue reading Gujarat: Towns reeling from acute oxygen shortage
Gujarat hit by five-fold rise in active Covid cases
Published on April 26, 2021 AHMEDABAD: It could well be the fortnight that has changed the course of the pandemic in Gujarat. If one takes the base of the 2011 Census data as an indication of the districts’ and state’s population (6.04 crore), the state had 4 active cases per 10,000 population on April 10 … Continue reading Gujarat hit by five-fold rise in active Covid cases
Ahmedabad: Hospitals hunt for ventilators, O2 tanks
Published on April 24, 2021 AHMEDABAD: Across Ahmedabad, 404 ventilator beds were earmarked for Covid-19 patients in private hospitals and 470-odd in government-run hospitals as of Friday evening.The beds for critically ill patients are getting full as soon as new beds are added due to heavy rush felt by almost all the facilities, making it … Continue reading Ahmedabad: Hospitals hunt for ventilators, O2 tanks
Ahmedabad: Crisis makes doctors beg, borrow oxygen from kin, other hospitals
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
