NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, SEPT 17
A video has surfaced purportedly showing a coronavirus patient being thrashed by nursing staff and security personnel inside the Rajkot Civil Hospital in Gujarat.
As the video went viral on social media platforms, hospital authorities on Thursday claimed the patient was “mentally disturbed” and was being restrained, and not thrashed, to avoid inflicting injuries to himself or others in the medical facility.
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In the video, shot around a week back, nursing staff in PPE kit can be seen struggling to overpower the patient lying on the floor. It was not known who shot the video.
While one person in PPE kit sits on the patient, another can be seen slapping and asking him to stay calm. A security man also uses force to control the patient.
“The staff was only trying to make sure the patient does not hurt himself or others. Though the nursing staff had asked him to behave, he did not listen to them.
“He even tried to remove his clothes. Thus, the staff tried hard to restrain him and take him back to his bed,” said hospital superintendent Dr Pankaj Buch.
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Gujarat adds record 1,379 new cases; 1,652 recover
Gujarat registered the highest single-day spike of 1,379 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking its tally to 1,19,088 on Thursday, while 1,652 patients recovered from the infection, said the state health department.
Also, 14 persons with COVID-19 infection died across the state during this period, taking the toll to 3,273, the health department said in a release.
The release said as many as 1,652 persons recovered from the infection and discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the number of such cases to 99,808.
As many as 280 new cases emerged from Surat district alone, while Ahmedabad was on the second spot with 171 cases.
Other districts where a significant number of cases emerged included Rajkot (145), Jamnagar (129), Vadodara (127), Bhavnagar (55), and Mehsana (41), it said.
Of the total 14 persons who succumbed to the infection during the last 24 hours, 6 died in Surat, followed by 4 in Ahmedabad, 2 in Vadodara, and one each in Banaskantha and Devbhumi Dwarka district.
The release said Gujarat has conducted over 36.09 lakh tests so far.
The state has 16,007 active cases, of which 96 patients are on ventilators, it said.
With over 85,600 tests conducted in 24 hours, the highest so far in a day, the per million average has gone up to 1,317.23 tests per day, the release said.
The release added that Gujarat’s recovery rate now stands at 83.81 percent.
Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 1,19,088, new cases 1,379, deaths 3,273, discharged 99,808, active cases 16,007, people tested so far 36,09,273.
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280 cases recorded in Surat district; 290 recover
Surat district recorded 280 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking its tally to 24,405 on Thursday, the state Health Department said.
Surat’s tally of 24,405 cases is the second biggest after Ahmedabad district (34,408) in Gujarat.
Out of the 280 new cases, 171 cases were from Surat city and 109 from rural parts of the district, said a release by the Health Department.
While two persons from the city died in the last 24 hours, four deaths were reported from villages, taking the toll to 884 in the district, it said.
A total of 290 persons, the highest in Gujarat, also recovered and discharged in the last 24 hours, said the release.
With new coronavirus cases emerging mainly from Varachha, the hub of the diamond polishing industry, the Surat Municipal Corporation on Thursday asked people to take extra care while entering this area.
171 new cases in Ahmedabad; 224 patients discharged
Ahmedabad district recorded 171 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking its tally to 34,408 on Thursday, the state Health Department said.
Out of these 171 new cases, 151 cases were from Ahmedabad city and 20 from rural parts of the district, said a release by the Health Department.
With the death of four more COVID-19 patients during this period, the toll in the district rose to 1,788, it said.
As part of its aggressive testing strategy, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has been conducting tests across the city.
A testing team has been deployed at the city’s Kalupur railway station to screen incoming passengers, said a release by the AMC.
Out of 1,694 passengers screened by the team upon their arrival on Thursday, 20 tested positive for coronavirus, said the release.
Also, 224 patients undergoing treatment at different hospitals in the district also recovered and discharged in the last 24 hours, the state government release added.
With these, the tally of recoveries in the district went up to 28,589.
Out of the total 3,273 COVID-19 deaths registered in Gujarat so far, as many as 1,788 were reported from Ahmedabad district alone.
