Videos critical of facilities emerge in Ahmedabad

TNN | Updated: Apr 26, 2020, 08:45 IST

The women said they should be isolated at home if the AMC cannot take care of them.

AHMEDABAD: On the day when assistant municipal commissioner Deven Bhatt who was admitted to the Samras Hostel Covid-19 care centre was discharged, a couple of videos have surfaced showing women patient complaining that they are not getting food on time.
A couple of videos have gone viral, in which women patients say they were given only tea at 1pm and lunch was served to some at 4pm while others were still waiting. The women said they should be isolated at home if the AMC cannot take care of them.
Another set of videos have been circulated featuring a youth who was admitted to SVP hospital. The videos show purported mismanagement and unhygienic conditions, alleging that the beds were not sanitized even after patients were shifted, in a ward in which the majority of patients were women.
Bhatt tested negative twice in the last 24 hours and was discharged on Saturday. He was in-charge of the Ghatlodia and Chandlodia wards and had tested positive on April 16. He said he may have caught the virus from field staff.