SURAT: “I feel like a warrior. I have defeated coronavirus that has killed many innocent people. I thank god that I am not one of them” says Dharmendra Diwakar, 35, a tailor from Maan Darwaja tenament, who was discharged from the COVID care centre at Samras hostel.
Diwakar is not alone. For the first time after the Covid-19 outbreak in th ecity, 17 asymptomatic patients were discharged en masse from the Covid care hospital on Tuesday. Diwakar, who stitches the lenghas and cholis at the Kohinoor textile market, had tested positive during the community sampling drive of the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) at Maan Darwaja tenement on April 14.
“A woman living in the house adjoining mine had tested positive. As the cases from Maan Darwaja tenement increased, we were told to undergo testing at the health centre. I was suffering from mild cough and that my report was positive” says Diwakar, whose wife and two children are at the Covid care centre at Bhatena. Municipal Commissioner Banchhanidhi Pani said the negative results of these 17 people have given a big hope that the city will fight off the pandemic.
Another patient, Shabnam Ansari, 29, a nurse with the Lokhat general hospital, who was discharged on Tuesday said, “I thank the almighty Allah who listened to my prayers in this pious month of Ramzan. I had come in the contact of a positive patient, who later died at SMIMER. However, all our staff was quarantined and were tested for the infection.”
Deputy municipal commissioner (health and hospital), Dr Ashish Naik said, “This is first time that 17 patients have been discharged in a single day. About 195 asymptomatic patients are undergoing treatment at the Covid care hospital. The 17 patients were the first lot discharged from the hospital. All other patients are responding well to the treatment” In all, 34 patients have recovered and discharged in Surat.
Diwakar is not alone. For the first time after the Covid-19 outbreak in th ecity, 17 asymptomatic patients were discharged en masse from the Covid care hospital on Tuesday. Diwakar, who stitches the lenghas and cholis at the Kohinoor textile market, had tested positive during the community sampling drive of the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) at Maan Darwaja tenement on April 14.
“A woman living in the house adjoining mine had tested positive. As the cases from Maan Darwaja tenement increased, we were told to undergo testing at the health centre. I was suffering from mild cough and that my report was positive” says Diwakar, whose wife and two children are at the Covid care centre at Bhatena. Municipal Commissioner Banchhanidhi Pani said the negative results of these 17 people have given a big hope that the city will fight off the pandemic.
Another patient, Shabnam Ansari, 29, a nurse with the Lokhat general hospital, who was discharged on Tuesday said, “I thank the almighty Allah who listened to my prayers in this pious month of Ramzan. I had come in the contact of a positive patient, who later died at SMIMER. However, all our staff was quarantined and were tested for the infection.”
Deputy municipal commissioner (health and hospital), Dr Ashish Naik said, “This is first time that 17 patients have been discharged in a single day. About 195 asymptomatic patients are undergoing treatment at the Covid care hospital. The 17 patients were the first lot discharged from the hospital. All other patients are responding well to the treatment” In all, 34 patients have recovered and discharged in Surat.
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