Patients hail ITI’s healing touch

TNN | Apr 24, 2020, 04:15 IST

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Vadodara: The Ebrahim Bavani ITI was developed as a Covid care centre when the GMERS Hospital at Gotri fell woefully short of expectations and those kept there complained to the authorities. The care centre model was appreciated even by the expert group from central government that visited the city on Monday.
The institute not only provided space to keep patients, but also supplemented the meals provided there by the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC). A team of doctors from the Baroda Muslim Doctors Association (BMDA) also worked with VMC’s health teams to take care of the patients. As many as 97 patients from Nagarwada area were shifted to this facility.
Social activist Zuber Gopalani, who had coordinated efforts with the administration to set up the centre, said that the BMDA and his team focused on providing better services and an atmosphere.
“VMC provided excellent food that was hygienic and nutritious unlike the situation at GMERS Hospital. We added some items according to the food habits of those kept here, but only after all agreed to it,” he said.
Officer on Special Duty (OSD) for Covid-19 management and senior IAS officer Vinod Rao said that the centre was a unique example of of how keeping people together in an area in proximity to their locality adds to the healing process community and administration coming together. “The chances of any conflict were also annulled due to community involvement,” he added.
Mohammed Usman, another patient said, “ The centre was very well managed. We got good treatment and thank all involved from our heart.”