Rajkot: With exponential rise in Covid cases in April the generation of biomedical waste too saw proportional rise. The biomedical waste generated by 920-bed Covid facility of Rajkot’s PDU hospital jumped to 31.5 metric tonne (Mt) in April as compared to January’s 11.97Mt. Cancer Hospital, the other Covid facility in Rajkot, generated 2.841Mt of biomedical waste in April.
Biomedical waste includes items and equipment like PPE kits, masks, syringes and IV sets that are used while treating Covid-19 patients. Biomedical waste is like a ticking bomb that needs to be disposed-off properly to avoid mishaps. It is disposed-off as per the guidelines of Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB). According to hospital administration the Covid waste is discarded in double bags as a precaution.
Vadodara: Earlier this month it was widely believed that the availability of Remdesivir injections would improve with the government taking over its distribution. But that hardly seems to be the case. While hospitalisation of Covid-19 patients is headed northwards, Remdesivir availability is going in the opposite direction.
From around 2,740 vials in the middle of this month, the city has been receiving around just 1,100 vials since the last few days. This went down to as low as 950 on Wednesday. Data shared on April 5, when the distributors and retailers were selling the injection, reveals that 5,432 injections were supplied on that day.
The administration has devised a system wherein a Covid hospital needing Remdesivir has to send its requisition in a prescribed format on an email that is accessed by the district collectorate. Injections are then allocated to hospitals and these have to be collected from the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) office by a representative of t
Gujarat logs record 11,403 COVID-19 cases, 117 deaths; state ramps up Oxygen production
This is for the first time that the number of fresh coronavirus has crossed the 11,000-mark in a day in Gujarat.
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Covid-19 patients watch a movie at a COVID Care Centre in Surat, Monday, April 19, 2021. (Photo | PTI) By PTI
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat recorded 11,403 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the highest one-day count so far, while 117 patients died due to the infection, the most in a day, the state Health Department said.
This is for the first time that the number of fresh coronavirus has crossed the 11,000-mark in a day in Gujarat.
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AHMEDABAD: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Sunday said that supply of liquid oxygen to industries will be temporarily halted. The decision has been taken in collaboration with Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) to ensure adequate supply of oxygen to private hospitals. As part of the collaboration, the civic authorities have temporarily put a halt on supply of industrial oxygen.
“This will help us divert some 1,500 oxygen cylinders meant for industrial usage for medical usage. With this, vendors who supply oxygen cylinders to private hospitals will get 1,000 more cylinders,” according to a statement issued by the civic body.
The move will help fulfil oxygen needs for some 800 patients. Several private hospitals continue to reel under shortage of oxygen to meet growing requirements from patients. In a bid to ensure adequate oxygen supply a central control room has been set up at the Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation Limited (SRFDCL)