Kamptee +ves journey to MLA Hostel via CCC, GMC & Mayo

Nagpur: The case of Prakash Sharma (name changed), a resident of Kamptee Cantonment, highlights the chaos in the system. After Sharma, his wife and son tested positive, they kept moving from pillar to post before finally getting a place in the Covid Care Centre (CCC) at MLA Hostel.
Before this, the ambulance that took off from Kamptee took them to nearby Waregaon CCC, Government Medical College (GMC) and Mayo Hospital, alleged Sharma.
Sharma, who lives in Gora Bazaar locality of the cantonment, said he had gone to the Cantonment Hospital for a review of his wife’s blood pressure. As she was coughing, the doctor insisted them to get a Covid test done and it was found that Sharma, his wife and one son were positive. Their other son was, however, not infected.
“The doctor first asked us to go to the centre at Waregaon where patients from Kamptee are kept. We were turned away as the ambulance took us there, and were told that there is no space. We returned to the Cantonment Hospital, from where we were directed to the GMC at Nagpur and then to Mayo Hospital,” he said.
“We were not taken in at the GMC and at Mayo Hospital, the staffers asked us to remain home quarantined, which we refused. There is not enough space in our house to remain isolated and my other son has tested negative,” he said.
The family was finally admitted to the CCC in MLA Hostel. Sharma said three of them are in the same room. His wife had cough, but that was mild, he insists.
Even as the doctor at Cantonment Hospital could not be contacted, another source in the state health department at Kamptee explained the procedure. “Those with mild symptoms or not having enough space at home are sent to the centre at Waregaon. Patients having major symptoms are referred to GMC or Mayo Hospital at Nagpur,” said the source.
A senior official handling the Covid affairs at Mayo Hospital said the patients are screened and only those with respiratory problems are taken in. A doctor at GMC said they have been getting a number of walk-in patients who are coming without reference from any local body. The hospital is admitting them if they are found symptomatic. There are enough beds in the hospital, said the doctor.
A source said the list of patients from rural areas released by the district health officer (DHO) is not being issued for a week now. The DHO Dr Deepak Selukar, however, denied saying the list continues to be issued.