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Sohini Ghosh
Sohini is a senior correspondent based in Delhi, primarily covering legal developments in the Delhi HC. She tweets at @thanda_ghosh
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Ahmedabad Civic body takes charge of contractual staff as nurses strikeSubscriber Only
June 09, 2020 02:23 IST
The nurses had gone on strike at AMC-run SVP Hospital. One of them told The Indian Express that some of the senior nurses received an internal communication several days ago notifying them of an impending 10-20% salary cut.
Tue, Jun 09, 2020
Ahmedabad Civil Hospital & Gandhinagar: ‘No communication link between control centres,’ say officialSubscriber Only
June 02, 2020 05:43 IST
The Indian Express has found that the CCC runs out of two locations - one in Ahmedabad on the civil hospital campus and another at an existing CCC in Gandhinagar, that was run by the state education department. The two centres reportedly had no communication with each other.
Tue, Jun 02, 2020
Gujarat High Court now praises state govt: ‘we would have been dead’Subscriber Only
June 01, 2020 04:32 IST
On May 28, a new bench — headed by Chief Justice Nath and including Justice Pardiwala — was notified to hear the PIL.
Mon, Jun 01, 2020
Fearing cancellation, migrants from Bengal board train to Cooch BeharSubscriber Only
May 31, 2020 05:33 IST
Fearing cancellation of Shramik trains, around hundred migrant labourers boarded the train to Cooch Behar.
Sun, May 31, 2020
Kins’ ordeal in Ahmedabad, Vadodara hospitals: Pumping of air for dying patient to changing diapersSubscriber Only
May 28, 2020 11:37 IST
On Wednesday, a video was widely shared showing a patient with blood draining out of the nasal tubes and purportedly dead.
Thu, May 28, 2020
Civil Hospital worse than dungeon, says Gujarat HCSubscriber Only
May 24, 2020 04:37 IST
The bench also pulled up the government over its testing protocol after the state government told the court that it would play “gatekeeper” and decide when private laboratories could start testing samples for coronavirus.
Sun, May 24, 2020
Gujarat’s biggest Covid hospital delayed info on deaths, say kinSubscriber Only
May 22, 2020 02:44 IST
Officer on special duty (OSD) of the hospital, Dr MM Prabhakar, told this paper on Thursday that a system had been put in place to keep relatives in the loop about the death of Covid patients. Till then, there were several complaints about the hospital not passing on timely information to the relatives.
Fri, May 22, 2020
Family in dark, Covid positive father found dead at bus stopSubscriber Only
May 18, 2020 05:22 IST
Speaking for Ahmedabad Civil Hospital where Makwana was admitted, Officer on Special Duty Dr M M Prabhakar told The Indian Express it was the job of the AMC to keep the family informed. “We are a multi-speciality treating hospital and there are corporation people to coordinate this.”
Mon, May 18, 2020
Gujarat HC sets aside election of top minister Bhupendrasinh ChudasamaSubscriber Only
May 12, 2020 15:54 IST
The judgment pronounced by Justice Paresh Upadhyay also held that the instructions of the EC was not followed, giving an unfair advantage to the winning candidate, BJP leader Chduasama, and thus materially affecting the election.
Wed, May 13, 2020
Ahmedabad: Testing protocols delay results, increase risksSubscriber Only
May 12, 2020 01:11 IST
Health officials have repeatedly attributed "delayed case reporting" as a reason for high mortality rate. Experts, including AIIMS director Dr Randeep Guleria, echoed it and mentioned the phenomenon of happy hypoxia when the patient may appear to be mildly symptomatic even with critically low oxygen level in blood.
Tue, May 12, 2020
Code Red: The uphill struggle in Gujarat and Bengal with country’s highest Covid-19 case mortalitySubscriber Only
May 10, 2020 02:45 IST
Separated by the breadth of the country, Gujarat and West Bengal have emerged as areas of concern as the Centre tries to find its way around easing a lockdown that has stretched to more than 45 days.
Sun, May 10, 2020
‘Community participation will be the way ahead’: Lockdown can’t be indefinite strategy, says AIIMS DirectorSubscriber Only
May 09, 2020 23:48 IST
AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria observed that the high mortality rate in Gujarat could be because of the issues of late reporting of symptoms due to the stigma attached to the disease.
Sat, May 09, 2020
Ahmedabad resident tested positive in Vadodara omittedSubscriber Only
May 08, 2020 02:38 IST
The employee, who is a resident of Vadodara and came to the IOCL facility only a couple of days before he tested positive, was considered a resident of Ahmedabad although he had been shuttling between two cities, sources said.
Fri, May 08, 2020
Ahmedabad: More private hospitals to do Covid careSubscriber Only
May 05, 2020 04:19 IST
Till Saturday, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) added 300 more beds to this capacity by roping in private and trust-run hospitals to offer health facilities to both COVID-19 and general patients as well as identify new cases at the earliest.
Tue, May 05, 2020
Concerns over Gujarat app, with links to health secretary, used to track casesSubscriber Only
April 30, 2020 05:53 IST
The software for the app was developed by ArguSoft India Ltd, whose president is Ravi Gopalan, the husband of Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Jayanti Ravi.
Thu, Apr 30, 2020
17-year-old’s death a Gujarat blip: Not high-risk, no known co-morbiditySubscriber Only
April 25, 2020 02:40 IST
In an analysis of deaths across the state released on April 20, Principal Health Secretary Jayanti Ravi had said more than half the deaths till then (35 of 67) were of high-risk patients with multiple co-morbidities.
Sat, Apr 25, 2020
Gujarat’s concern: Dang has zero Covid, or influenza-like caseSubscriber Only
April 23, 2020 01:41 IST
On April 10, when the state had 14 districts unaffected by COVID-19, the state health department announced that a high-powered committee has decided to take at least 100 samples from zero-case districts to be doubly sure that these areas are indeed free of novel coronavirus infection.
Thu, Apr 23, 2020
Gujarat: AMC-run hospital gets nod for clinical trial of plasma therapySubscriber Only
April 18, 2020 23:32 IST
On Friday, the Drug Controller General of India had given its nod to the ICMR to carry out controlled clinical trials of the plasma therapy in select institutes across the country.
Sat, Apr 18, 2020
Ahmedabad’s first Covid patient discharged after 32 days in hospitalSubscriber Only
April 18, 2020 22:59 IST
Earlier on Friday, municipal commissioner Vijay Nehra had said that it was a month since the first COVID-19 patient was admitted at SVP Hospital and despite completion of 30 days, she was yet to be discharged.
Sat, Apr 18, 2020
Ahmedabad hospital splits COVID wards on faith, says govt decisionSubscriber Only
April 15, 2020 04:05 IST
As per hospitalisation protocol, a suspected COVID-19 case is kept in a separate ward from those confirmed, as long as the test results are pending.
Fri, Apr 17, 2020
A look into some of Gujarat’s contained neighbourhoodsSubscriber Only
April 13, 2020 01:22 IST
Across cities in Gujarat, the local authorities have declared 22 areas as containment zones, cut off from the rest of the world to contain the spread of coronavirus. All the hotspots together make up for more than 98,400 households, according to the state government as of Sunday morning.
Mon, Apr 13, 2020
Ahmedabad civic body to use discharged patients as volunteers at COVID-19 care centreSubscriber Only
April 11, 2020 23:14 IST
On Saturday, six of the 11 discharged from Ahmedabad upon complete recovery, have approached AMC offering to volunteer at the COVID care centre. The oldest among the six who have volunteered is 70 years old.
Sat, Apr 11, 2020
‘Thankful to have a hospital bed, people in US are not that lucky’Subscriber Only
April 11, 2020 16:20 IST
A twenty-one-year student from New York, who was the first positive COVID-19 case in Ahmedabad recounts her life in the isolation ward of the Sardar Vallabhai Patel Hospital.
Sat, Apr 11, 2020
Patients older than 85 with no symptoms can stay at home: GujaratSubscriber Only
April 10, 2020 18:14 IST
Those aged more than 85 years who are testing positive but remain asymptomatic can remain at home subject to specific conditions wherein the family has to give an undertaking that they wish to keep the patient at home in isolation.
Sat, Apr 11, 2020
Solid waste generation goes down by 42% in major citiesSubscriber Only
April 09, 2020 23:24 IST
In Ahmedabad, solid waste generation has gone down by more than 50 per cent, while the bio-medical waste generated has doubled compared to the pre-lockdown period, says Harshadray Solanki, director of solid waste management in Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC).
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