Ghaziabad: The health department has taken over a Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) high-rise apartment to accommodate medical personnel who are coming from adjoining districts like Hapur, Bulandshahr and Delhi among others.
According to the officials, the need to provide accommodation arose after the medical staff complained of facing inconvenience while commuting to Ghaziabad from other districts.
On Friday, a 38-year-old health worker posted at the MMG district hospital and involved in carrying out a door-to-door survey to identify Covid-19 patients was allegedly thrashed by a police team outside his home in Hapur’s Pilkhuwa while he was on his way to the office.
On the same day, Hapur district magistrate Aditi Singh in an official order had objected to the inter-district movement of medical staff.
“Despite the lockdown, six persons who had come from abroad or other states have tested positive in the district. It has also come to the notice that several people from the district who are associated with essential services are going to Gautam Budh Nagar, Meerut and Ghaziabad among others, even as several hotspots (places where positive cases have been found) have been declared and sealed. Such inter-district movement will have an unfavourable effect on the steps being taken to control the global pandemic,” the order stated.
The Hapur DM had banned all such movement and cancelled passes issued for the movement. She had also urged the administration of other districts to make arrangements for their stay.
Chief medical officer Dr NK Gupta told TOI that around 30 medical staff come to Ghaziabad from other districts and now arrangements for their stay have been made at Chandrashila Apartment located near Sihani Gate police station.
“As many as 28 flats have been acquired for this purpose and around 80 people can be accommodated here. GDA will make arrangements for their stay as well as food supplies. Health workers are at high risk and staying away from the family is the right thing to do in order to avoid the spread of the virus,” Gupta added.
According to the officials, the need to provide accommodation arose after the medical staff complained of facing inconvenience while commuting to Ghaziabad from other districts.
On Friday, a 38-year-old health worker posted at the MMG district hospital and involved in carrying out a door-to-door survey to identify Covid-19 patients was allegedly thrashed by a police team outside his home in Hapur’s Pilkhuwa while he was on his way to the office.
On the same day, Hapur district magistrate Aditi Singh in an official order had objected to the inter-district movement of medical staff.
“Despite the lockdown, six persons who had come from abroad or other states have tested positive in the district. It has also come to the notice that several people from the district who are associated with essential services are going to Gautam Budh Nagar, Meerut and Ghaziabad among others, even as several hotspots (places where positive cases have been found) have been declared and sealed. Such inter-district movement will have an unfavourable effect on the steps being taken to control the global pandemic,” the order stated.
The Hapur DM had banned all such movement and cancelled passes issued for the movement. She had also urged the administration of other districts to make arrangements for their stay.
Chief medical officer Dr NK Gupta told TOI that around 30 medical staff come to Ghaziabad from other districts and now arrangements for their stay have been made at Chandrashila Apartment located near Sihani Gate police station.
“As many as 28 flats have been acquired for this purpose and around 80 people can be accommodated here. GDA will make arrangements for their stay as well as food supplies. Health workers are at high risk and staying away from the family is the right thing to do in order to avoid the spread of the virus,” Gupta added.
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