He beat Covid to treat 4k more positive cases

Surat: While fighting the contagion with all his might, Dr Ashvin Vasava, 43, nodal officer for Covid-19 in south Gujarat, knew that his opponent will get the better of him one day.
But the associate professor at the Government Medical College (GMC) who supervises treatment at Covid hospital in New Civil Hospital (NCH), was prepared to meet it, vowing to fight back and save even more lives.
After 10 days in isolation, Vasava, a tribal from the remote Sagbara in Narmada district, is back again on duty and has created a niche for himself in matters of tenacity for other frontline workers and patients as well.
Interestingly, while both Vasava and his wife Sonal tested positive of the virus and had to be in quarantine, their friends looked after their children, eight-year-old Arohi, and five -year-old Shrey for 10 days.
Vasava had tested positive on June 13 and a couple of days later his wife too was found positive. They both were admitted under isolation at NCH and have recovered now. “Doctors at government hospitals have treated over 4,000 patients in the region and we come in close contact with patients daily. Even after getting infected, I was determined to resume work after recovery,” Vasava told TOI.
Vasava, who credits his wife for her unstinting support, claims he did not go home and stayed in hospital for 40 days during April and May. Vasava is working in NCH since 2005.
Interestingly, in her video that went viral on social media, state’s first Covid-19 positive patient and also the first to recover, Rita Bachkaniwala, also thanked Vasava for his care and treatment.