23 patients rescued from fire at Covid-19 hospital in Gujarat s Vadodara
23 patients rescued from fire at Covid-19 hospital in Gujarat s Vadodara
23 patients were rescued after a fire broke out at a Covid-19 dedicated hospital in Gujarat s Vadodara on Wednesday evening.
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Firefighters present outside the hospital
23 patients were rescued after a fire broke out at a Covid-19 dedicated hospital in Gujarat s Vadodara on Wednesday evening.
Several fire engines were rushed to the Shree Vijay Vallabh Sarvajanik Hospital in the Mandvi area of Vadodara city and the fire has been brought under control now.
Of the 23 patients rescued from the Vadodra hospital, 17 were Covid-19 positive.
Fire breaks out at COVID-19 hospital in Vadodara ANI | Updated: Mar 18, 2021 01:28 IST
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], March 18 (ANI): A fire broke out at Vijay Vallabh hospital, a designated hospital for COVID-19 in Vadodara on late Wednesday night.
Mayor Keyur Rokadia said no one suffered injuries in the fire. 17 patients have been rescued from third and fourth floors of the hospital and shifted to the SSG hospital. None of them are COVID-19 patients. Nobody is injured, Rokadia said.
Further details are awaited. (ANI)
Vadodara: For once, the BJP did not spring a surprise when it came to the appointment o important elected wing posts in the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC). Two corporators who have administrative experience linked to the civic body in the past were picked up as the mayor and the standing committee chairman. The party has put an engineer and a doctor at the helm of affairs of the VMC.
Keyur Rokadia (42) who holds a master’s degree in civil engineering was picked up as the mayor by BJP even as homeopath Dr Hitendra Patel will hold the post of the standing committee chairman. Patel was the standing committee chairman for 2.5years in the 2010 to 2015 term of the VMC.
Vadodara: Four prominent schools in the city will have to cough up over Rs 1 crore after the Fee Regulation Committee (FRC) in Vadodara ruled against them on complaints of overcharging fees and taking charges or fees under heads that were not included in their approved fee structure.
The orders were issued by the FRC after it received complaints from a section of parents against Podar World School, Podar International School, Delhi Public School (DPS) at Harni and DPS at Kalali.
The committee passed an order asking Podar World School to pay Rs 2 lakh as fine as it came to light that it was charging late fees from students. The school used to charge Rs 300 per week for delay in paying the fees.
The schools can appeal against the decision of the FRC in the revision committee or the court
VADODARA: Four prominent schools in the city will have to cough up over Rs one crore in fees refund and fine after the Fee Regulation Committee (FRC) in Vadodara ruled against them on complaints of overcharging fees and taking charges or fees under heads that were not included in their approved fee structure.
The orders were issued by the FRC after it received complaints from a section of parents against Podar World School, Podar International School, Delhi Public School (DPS) at Harni and DPS at Kalali. The excess fees was charged for academic year 2019-20.