Gujarat HC concerned about mucormycosis cases in Gujarat; seeks govt s action plan
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Last Updated: May 17, 2021, 05:59 PM IST
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A division bench of Justices Bela Trivedi and Bhargav D Karia asked Advocate General Kamal Trivedi to take instructions on how the Gujarat government plans to supply the injections needed for its treatment to private hospitals, if demanded by them.
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The HC asked the govt whether private hospitals treating mucormycosis patients will have to go to govt hospitals if the former did not have the required injections.
The Gujarat High Court on Monday said it was concerned about cases of mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, emerging in the state and asked the government to prepare for the new challenge.
Black fungus has been found in several Covid patients in Gujarat and some other states. (File)
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The Gujarat High Court on Monday said it was concerned about cases of mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, emerging in the state and asked the government to prepare for the new challenge.
It directed the state government to place on record a road-map on how it intends to proceed if the number of cases of the fungal infection rise.
Of late, the black fungus, a rare but serious infection, has been found in several COVID-19 patients in Gujarat and some other states.
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Gujarat: Fire at Covid care centre in Bhavnagar town; 61 patients shifted
Smoke engulfed the third floor of the Generation X Hotel facility, where the patients were kept, said senior fire officer of Bhavnagar fire brigade, Bharat Kanada.
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AHMEDABAD: A fire broke out at a hotel- turned-Covid care centre in Gujarat s Bhavnagar town in the wee hours Wednesday, officials said, adding nobody was hurt.
Altogether 61 coronavirus patients were shifted from the facility to other hospitals after the minor fire and smoke , an official said.
There were 68 patients at the facility when the fire broke out.
Gujarat government faces HC fire over COVID-19 hospital blaze
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Last Updated: May 11, 2021, 05:18 PM IST
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A division bench expressed surprise over Advocate General Kamal Trivedi s submission that the COVID-19 facility at the trust-run Bharuch Welfare Hospital, where the fire on May 1 killed 18 people, was set up surreptitiously, without intimating the authorities .
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The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday criticised the state government over the recent fire at a COVID-19 hospital in Bharuch, saying it was contemptuous on its part to not remain vigilant and avoid such incidents, and cited many orders passed in this regard in the past.