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Gujarat: Man returned form Zimbabwe tests Omicron positive

by Vaishali Sharma December 4, 2021

written by Vaishali Sharma

According to the city’s Covid-19 nodal officer, whole genome sequencing of a 71-year-old NRI who arrived in Gujarat’s Jamnagar city from Zimbabwe and tested positive for Covid-19 on December 2 found that the patient is infected with the Omicron variant. The patient’s samples were submitted to two different labs: one to Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre, which found the Omicron variation, and another to NIV Pune. On Monday, NIV is anticipated to release its full genome sequencing findings.

This is the third case of Omicron found in India. Two persons in Karnataka, a 46-year-old doctor and a 66-year-old South African national, were discovered to be infected with the new type earlier this week.

In other news, the Centre has said that it anticipates the severity of the Omicron variant of coronavirus to be low in the country given the fast pace of vaccination and high exposure to the Delta variant. Speaking in the Parliament, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday highlighted that a decision on booster dose and Covid jabs for children will be taken on the basis of scientific guidance from experts.

Top genome scientists, meanwhile, have recommended a booster dose of the Covid vaccine for those above the age of 40 years with priority for high-risk and high-exposure populations, according to the weekly bulletin of Indian SARS-CoV2 Genomics Sequencing Consortium (INSACOG), a network of national testing laboratories set up by the Government to monitor genomic variations of the virus.

December 4, 2021 0 comment

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Medical officer: 3 nurses arrested on negligence charges, Ahmednagar hospital fire

by Pragati Singh November 10, 2021

written by Pragati Singh

After 11 people died last week in a fire at a hospital in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district, a medical officer and three staff nurses were detained on accusations of causing death by carelessness and culpable homicide not amounting to murder on Tuesday. According to Manoj Patil, Superintendent of Police, Ahmednagar Rural Police, medical officer Dr Vishakha Shinde and staff nurses Sapna Pathare, Asma Shaikh, and Channa Anant were detained under sections 304 and 304A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Quoting Ahmednagar police, HT earlier reported that 70% of deaths were caused by smoke from the fire while the remaining died after directly getting caught in the blaze that broke out in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Civil Hospital. Most of them were senior citizens undergoing treatment for coronavirus disease (Covid-19). In connection with the incident, an FIR was registered against unidentified persons under Section 304(A) of the IPC.

The fire broke out last Saturday at 11am on the ground floor of the hospital, where 17 patients were admitted, of which 15 were on either ventilator or oxygen support. While 10 patients died in the blaze at the spot, one person later succumbed to injuries.

After the incident, Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray ordered an inquiry and sought a detailed report on the matter. Thackeray’s office said in a statement that the chief minister spoke to the district guardian minister Hasan Mushrif and chief secretary Sitaram Kunte as soon as he came to know about the incident, asking them to ensure medical attention to those in need.

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Patient dies after hair transplant, Kin allege medical negligence against doctor

by Vaishali Sharma September 22, 2021

written by Vaishali Sharma

The death of a 31-year-old man three days after undergoing a hair transplant has enraged his family, who have filed a criminal complaint against the doctor for suspected carelessness in the surgery.

The victim, a native of Visnagar’s Khadosan village, used to operate a community library. On September 15, he went to a hair transplant clinic on Jail Road in Mehsana, where the hair transplant was completed around 4 p.m., and he departed the facility at 10 p.m. after eating some food. He returned home and said he had no difficulties.

Following this, on the morning of September 17, he went to the doctor, complaining of uneasiness. After examining his vitals, which were abnormal, the physicians advised him to be admitted to the hospital, according to the Times Of India.
Following that, he was admitted to the clinic’s affiliated hospital, and as his health worsened, he was transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU). However, on September 18, about 7.30 a.m., he died.

The infuriated family held the treating doctor responsible. They alleged negligence in the hair transplant procedure and in the treatment provided at the hospital.

Sub-inspector B K Bhunatar of Mehsana B Division police told the TOI that the family members wanted to lodge a criminal case against the doctor who treated him. They alleged that the doctor who did the hair transplant was responsible for his death.

Considering this, the body of the victim has been sent to the Mehsana Civil Hospital for postmortem and his viscera samples have been sent to a forensic science laboratory to determine the reason behind the death, he added.

Commenting on the future course of action, Inspector B M Patel of Mehsana B Division police told the daily that further action will be taken on the basis of the above mentioned reports.

Meanwhile, the statement of the doctor who performed the transplant and those of the victim’s family members have been recorded by the police.

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Gujarat has seen cases of the coronavirus’s ‘Kappa’ strain

by Pragati Singh July 25, 2021

written by Pragati Singh

The state health department announced on Saturday that five cases of the ‘Kappa’ strain of coronavirus had been discovered in Gujarat for the first time. According to a press announcement, three cases were discovered in Jamnagar, two in Godhra in Pahchmahal district, and one in Mehsana.

In May, the World Health Organization had named the new variant, a ‘double mutant’, as “Kappa”, after a letter of the Greek alphabet. Genome sequencing of samples of these patients, who had tested positive for

COVID-19 between March and June this year, revealed that they were infected by the new variant, the department said. Kappa is a “variant of interest” but not a “variant of concern” as per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the release said.

The department also traced those who came in contact with these patients. “So far, none of their contacts have been found to have COVID-19 symptoms. The health department has also undertaken intense surveillance in the areas from where the cases emerged,” it said.

Gujarat has so far reported 8,24,683 COVID-19 cases of which 8,14,265 patients recovered. There are 342 active cases in the state at present.

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Intern doctors in Gujarat have gone on strike because they have not been paid their Covid-19 allowance

by Pragati Singh July 15, 2021

written by Pragati Singh

On Thursday, at least 450 intern doctors from three civil hospitals affiliated with medical colleges administered by a Gujarat government-controlled entity went on strike indefinitely, claiming they had not been given the “Covid allowance” promised by the government.

The agitating intern doctors belong to medical colleges run by the Gujarat Medical Education and Research Society (GMERS) in Sola area of Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Valsad. After completing their MBBS course, medical students are required to undertake internships at hospitals before they are granted permission to start their own practice.

According to the agitating students, the state government had in April announced that intern doctors of government and GMERS-run medical colleges will get ₹5,000 as monthly Covid allowance over and above their stipend for the months of March till June for Covid-19 duty.

“While interns of the government-run colleges have received the allowance promised by the government, intern doctors of GMERS-run colleges were not given the sum. Although we made a representation to the authorities several times in the past, there was no positive response. Hence, 450 intern doctors of these three colleges have decided to go on an indefinite strike,” one of the interns said.

July 15, 2021 0 comment

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86 employees at Gujarat hospital contracted Covid-19 over a month after finishing vaccination course, study reveals

by Vaishali Sharma July 13, 2021

written by Vaishali Sharma

Eighty-six of 461 employees at a hospital in Gujarat’s Nadiad, who received both doses of the Covishield vaccine, got infected after 38 days of the vaccination on an average, the hospital’s study on breakthrough infections has revealed. One of the employees who contracted the virus succumbed to it.

Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital in the Kheda district tracked 461 employees after they received both doses of Serum Institute of India’s Covishield jab. Of the 86 employees testing positive for the virus, 27 were nurses and technicians, 40 paramedical staff, and 19 doctors. Of these, only nine had comorbidities. Sixty-nine of those infected showed mild symptoms, while one was critical and six others severe. Ten of them required hospitalisation, among which two required ICU beds for high flow oxygen. While one of the two recovered, the other patient died.

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Two cases of White fungus reported in Ahmedabad’s GMERS hospital

by Vaishali Sharma May 22, 2021

written by Vaishali Sharma

Ahmedabad’s GMERS Medical College and Civil Hospital, Sola reported two cases of white fungus also known as Aspergillosis over the last one week, informed Dr Nina Bhalodia, Head of Department of ENT on Saturday. According to doctors, both types of fungal infections – white fungus and black fungus – are invasive only when the patient is immunocompromised.

“If the virus infects eyes, the visibility becomes low. If it goes to your nose or paranasal sinus, then there are symptoms relating to the nose and throat. Similarly, if it goes to your brain then it shows different symptoms, ANI reported quoting Dr Nina Bhalodia.

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Bharuch: 16 Covid patients, two nurses die due to fire at a hospital

by Vaishali Sharma May 1, 2021

written by Vaishali Sharma

In an unfortunate incident, as many as 16 patients of Covid-19 and two nurses died at a hospital in Gujarat’s Bharuch district after a fore broke out in the ICU ward on Saturday.

According to the sources, there were around 27 patients in the ICU at the time of the fire. The locals broke the glass windows and rescued some of the patients who were later shifted to nearby hospitals.

Two senior bureaucrats – Additional Chief Secretary (labour and employment) Vipul Mittra and Commissioner (municipalities) Rajkumar Beniwal – have been appointed by the CM Vijay Rupani to initiate probe into the matter.

An ex-gratia aid of Rs 4 lakh would be given to each of the next of kin of the victims from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, Rupani said, while expressing grief over the incident.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, too, expressed his condolences, saying, “Pained by the loss of lives due to a fire at a hospital in Bharuch. Condolences to the bereaved families.”

Since last year, the hospital on the Jambusar bypass is being used to treat Covid-19 patients of the district.

Fire department sources said there were around 27 Covid patients in the ICU, some on ventilators. The fire broke out at around 1 am on Saturday.

Fire department officials believed that a short circuit might have led to the blaze when the patients were sleeping. After noticing the fire, the hospital staff tried to rescue the patients who were on ventilators. The locals, after hearing about the incident, also rushed to the spot to help.

Fire tenders, too, reached immediately and controlled the blaze within half-an-hour.

The rescued patients were rushed to private hospitals in Vaghra and Jambusar among other areas.

May 1, 2021 0 comment

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4 out of 16 Covid patients rescued in fire at Surat hospital dead

by Vaishali Sharma April 26, 2021

written by Vaishali Sharma

Surat (Gujarat): 4 out of the 16 critical Covid patients rescued from a fire that broke out in Ayush Hospital’s ICU ward on Sunday night, died on Monday.

The patients were shifted to safer places by the hospital staff before the fire team arrived, said Basant Pareek, In-charge Chief Fire Officer of Surat Municipal Commission (SMC).

The fire broke out after a blast in the air conditioner caused either due to the short circuit or overloading, he said.

April 26, 2021 0 comment

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Gujarat based medico commits suicide after recording video

by Vaishali Sharma April 9, 2021

written by Vaishali Sharma

A medical student from Gujarat allegedly committed suicide by jumping into the Narmada canal near Galteshwar village on Wednesday. The medico had recorded a video before killing himself and sent it to his friends stating that he was betrayed in love.

The body of the deceased was found on Thursday in Sanadara siphon of the canal. His bike was also found near the canal with a heavy flow of water.

A case of unnatural death has been registered at the Sevaliya police station.

April 9, 2021 0 comment

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