467 patients discharged from 20 community isolation centres

Surat: About 467 Covid-19 patients have been discharged after recovery from various community isolation centres in Surat city till date.
Around 20 communities including Patidars, Muslims, Anavils, Vohras, Jains and others have set up isolation centres with a combined bed capacity of 1,411 in Surat in the first week of July.
The communities had responded to the request by Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) to set up isolation centres for patients with mild or moderate symptoms and those who don’t have isolation facilities at their homes.
“As on Thursday, 310 Covid-19 patients are under treatment at various isolation centres and 467 patients have been discharged,” said RJ Makadia, a retired IAS officer appointe as officer on special duty (OSD) at Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) said.
The unique model of community isolation centres has eased burden on public hospitals. As on Thursday, there were 1,101 beds vacant at different community isolation centres in the city.
RH Hadia, who is coordinating Ahir community's centre in Varachha, told TOI: "We have a capacity of 50 beds in our isolation centre. Around 36 Covid-19 patients have been discharged till date and 12 are under treatment. We have a team of 27 doctors from our community who are giving free service round-the-clock at the centre.''