Patients’ info sought from homeo, ayurvedic doctors

Surat: Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has asked Homeopathic and Ayurvedic practitioners also to feed details of their patients into its Jaimini application from Thursday onwards.
"We have been receiving details of patients suffering from acute respiratory infection (ARI) and influenza like illness (ILI) from private practitioners through Jaimini application. Currently, 929 medical practitioners are providing us details of ill patients daily. Now, we have asked Homeopathic and Ayurvedic practitioners also to provide details of their patients to SMC,'' municipal commissioner Banchhanidhi Pani said.
On Thursday, 33 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Surat city of which 20 belonged to Limbayat zone, a Covid-19 hotspot. The number of Covid-19 cases has reached 1,186 in the city now.
Meanwhile, Wahida Razak Sheikh, 43, a resident of central zone, succumbed to the virus, taking the toll in the city to 55. SMC officials said she had co-morbid condition and was suffering from diabetes and blood pressure.
“On Thursday, 26 more Covid-19 patients were discharged. Of them, 17 patients were discharged from Covid Care Centre and nine from New Civil Hospital,” municipal commissioner said.
Meanwhile, a 60-year-old man lodged in Lajpore Central Jail (LCJ) in Surat tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday. This is the second prisoner to have been infected with the deadly virus. According to sources, the inmate Navla Vasava has been in LCJ for eight years. He was under treatment for paralysis and had been visiting New Civil Hospital regularly.