Published on June 12, 2021 AHMEDABAD: It will soon be three months when Himadri Suthar, 37, an Ahmedabad resident, tested positive for Covid-19. After battling it out in the ICU and spending 76 days in the hospital, Himadri was discharged but she is far from recovered. The young lady continues to need oxygen to sustain … Continue reading Ahmedabad: 20% patients on critical care discharged need oxygen
Saving O2: Docs use innovative methods
Published on May 02, 2021 Ahmedabad: At a Covid ward in Civil Hospital, the staff from physiotherapy department is seen instructing the new patients in prone positioning and how to hold the position for every 30 minutes with various combinations. The technique is said to reduce the oxygen requirements by 20%, which can make or … Continue reading Saving O2: Docs use innovative methods
April cruellest month for Gujarat in its Covid war
Published on May 01, 2021 AHMEDABAD: “April is the cruellest month”: thus opens ‘The Waste Land’ of T S Eliot in 1922. The line finds grim resonance with Gujarat of 2021 — in April, the state recorded 2.6 lakh cases and 2,600 deaths, accounting for 46% cases and 37% mortalities recorded during the entire pandemic … Continue reading April cruellest month for Gujarat in its Covid war
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
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
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
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
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