NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, MAY 29
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Friday took stock through video-conference of the conditions of the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, the city’s prime COVID-19 facility, in the news recently after the High Court said conditions there were “pathetic” and “worse than a dungeon”.
CM Shri @vijayrupanibjp today interacted directly with the COVID-19 patients as well as with doctors-nurses at Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad through video conferencing and categorically assured about State Govt's determination to administer the life saving injection worth Rs.50,000 pic.twitter.com/gEKJMcQPh9
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) May 29, 2020
Rupani spoke to doctors, nurses and patients, inquired about facilities at the 1200-bed COVID-19 hospital, and was given a detailed briefing by Civil Hospital OSD MM Prabhakar, a state government release said.
Dr. Prabhakar informed the Chief Minister that patients get all the facilities, including ventilators, for treatment as per the guidelines of the Union Ministry of Health.
Doctors at the world-class dedicated COVID-19 facility at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital share their experience of treating Corona patients who also have high regard and appreciation for the entire team of doctors & health-care staff for their personalized, efficient & empathetic care. pic.twitter.com/tstCJ3kt37
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) May 29, 2020
The Civil Hospital accounts for a sizable number of the 798 deaths due to COVID-19 in Ahmedabad district so far.
Earlier, Prabhakar had said the high death count at Civil Hospital was due to patients coming late to the facility for treatment.
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COVID-19 tally goes up to 15,944; death toll nears 1K-mark
With 372 new patients found in Gujarat since the previous evening, 253 of them in Ahmedabad district, the number of coronavirus cases in the state rose to 15,944, said a release by the Health Department on Friday.
Twenty patients succumbed to the infection during the period, taking the death toll in the state to 980, it said.
थोड़ी सी सावधानी – दूर करे कोरोना की परेशानी pic.twitter.com/ukCWeSaCgh
— Gujarat Information (@InfoGujarat) May 29, 2020
The state government also announced that it had so far conducted 2,01,481 COVID-19 tests as per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) guidelines.
608 patients recovered and were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recovered patients to 8,609, the release said.
468 patients recovered in Ahmedabad district alone, followed by the 35 in Surat and 18 each in Kutch and Vadodara.
Of the 372 new cases, 253 were found in Ahmedabad district alone.
Other districts where a significant number of cases were reported were Surat (45), Vadodara (34), Gandhinagar (eight), and Mehsana and Chhota Udepur (seven each).
Of 20 patients who died since Thursday evening, 18 persons died in various hospitals of Ahmedabad while two died in Surat.
11,597 coronavirus cases have been reported in Ahmedabad district, followed by 1,510 in Surat and 981 in Vadodara.
The majority of deaths were also reported in these three districts: 798 in Ahmedabad, 67 in Surat, and 39 in Vadodara.
Out a total of 2,01,481 RT-PCR tests carried out in the state, 15,944 were positive and 1,85,537 negative.
4 asymptomatic patients have been successfully discharged today as per ICMR guidelines. Wishing them good health. @pkumarias pic.twitter.com/e3ZW2halBC
— Collector Surendranagar (@CollectorSRN) May 29, 2020
People quarantined in Gujarat total 2,72,409, of where 2,64,312 are home quarantined, and 8,096 in government facilities.
For the past couple of days, more and more positive cases have been reported outside of Ahmedabad, Surat, and Vadodara, signaling the increasing spread of the virus across the state.
Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 15,944, new cases 372, deaths 980, discharged 8,609, active cases 6,355 and people tested so far 2,01,481.
Gujarat attracts Rs.42,976-crore foreign direct investment (FDI) in the financial year 2019-20 which is twenty times greater than the average FDI growth of the nation as per the report of @DIPPGOI pic.twitter.com/QCHicfYrP3
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) May 29, 2020
Ahmedabad district cases climb to 11,597
As 253 new coronavirus positive cases were reported in the last 24 hours, the number of patients in Ahmedabad district of Gujarat climbed to 11,597, the state health department said on Friday.
રાજ્ય સરકારે લોકડાઉનની વચ્ચે શરતોને આધિન રહીને ઘણા ધંધા રોજગાર શરૂ કરવાની છૂટ આપી છે. જેથી લોકોને સેવા પણ મળી રહે અને વ્યવસાયકોરો રોજગારી મળતી થાય. વડોદરાના વાઘોડીયા રોડ વિસ્તારમાં ઉમા ચાર રસ્તા ખાતે સોનલબેન 'રેવતી બ્યુટી પાર્લર' ચલાવે છે. pic.twitter.com/D5e2X0l5cv
— Gujarat Information (@InfoGujarat) May 29, 2020
Of the total of 20 people, who succumbed to the infection in Gujarat during this period, as many as 18 died in Ahmedabad city alone, it said in a statement.
As many as 608 patients were discharged from hospitals across Gujarat during the day, of whom 468 were from Ahmedabad alone.
કોરોના સંકટમાં આશીર્વાદ સમાન સાબિત થઇ રહ્યો છે ધન્વંતરિ રથ, ઘરે-ઘરે જઈ આ રીતે પૂરી પાડે છે સારવાર.@PMOIndia @CMOGuj @ibijalpatel @drrajivguptaias @Mukeshias #LifePositiveCoronaNegative #AmdavadAMC pic.twitter.com/PLb6CGXZmx
— Amdavad Municipal Corporation (@AmdavadAMC) May 29, 2020
The virus has so far claimed 980 lives in the state, of which 798 were from Ahmedabad district. Eleven of these deaths were reported in rural parts of Ahmedabad district, while 787 others were from the city.
As many as 236 of the 253 new positive cases were reported in Ahmedabad city, while 17 belonged to the rural areas of Ahmedabad district.
Similarly, out of the total 11,597 cases registered in Ahmedabad district so far, as many as 11,396 were from the city, while 201 others were reported in other parts of the district.
State to pay Rs.25 crore from CM Relief Fund to Railways
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has ordered the officials to pay Rs 25 crore the Railways towards the transportation cost of migrant labourers as per the directives of the Supreme Court as well as the Gujarat High Court.
Train to home! गुजरात के भावनगर से ओडिशा को जाती #ShramikSpecial ट्रेन के यात्रियों ने घर जाने और उनकी यात्रा के लिए किए गए प्रबंधों पर अपनी खुशी यूँ प्रकट की।
— Gujarat Information (@InfoGujarat) May 29, 2020
Ashwani Kumar, secretary to the Chief Minister said, “Rs 25 crore will be paid from the CM’s Relief Fund. Gujarat has operated the maximum number of Shramik Trains i.e 971 to send 14.13 lakh migrants workers back home amidst the COVID-19 crisis. Out of 971 trains, 557 have been sent to UP, 230 to Bihar, 83 to Orissa, 37 to Jharkhand, 24 to Madhya Pradesh, and 17 to Chattisgarh. All safety protocols were observed in the journey.”
