9-yr-old refused admission by 3 Covid centres; tally up by 153

Ranchi: A nine-year-old Thalassemic girl who tested positive for Covid-19 was refused admission by three city-based Covid care centres and went back home on Sunday even as 153 fresh cases and one death were reported from across the state.
The death is reported from Hazaribag and the district's toll has risen to six. “A 77-year-old Hazaribag resident died during treatment. He was suffering from several co-morbidities and also had pneumonia. He was admitted at the critical care unit of RIMS covid-19 centre,” a Rims official said.
With 153 fresh infections, the total number of cases in the state rose to 5,552; of which 2,767 are active and 2,718 have recovered. The number of Covid deaths in the state has also reached 49.
Meanwhile, the father of the nine-year-old kid told TOI: “My daughter tested positive on Saturday evening after which we were informed that she will be shifted to one of the Covid-19 hospitals for treatment. An ambulance arrived at our home around 3pm on Sunday to shift my daughter to Paras Hospital but after waiting for seven hours in the vehicle and being denied a bed by the three Covid hospitals, we returned home around 10pm.”
He added, “The ambulance took us directly to Paras hospital but did not admit my child till 6pm. We were then asked to go to Rims. At Rims, the authorities completed the registration process but said there was no bed available after they were informed that she is Thalassemic and sent us to the Doranda Covid care centre. We were again sent back to Paras from Doranda around 9.30pm saying there was no facility for blood transfusion. Our repeated attempts to get my child were in vain and returned home.”