700 families in Surat have three or more members Covid-19 positive

Surat: In Covid-19 case analysis, Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has found that there were over 700 families wherein more than three members were infected with Covid-19 infections.
On the basis of the trend, SMC has started the isolation of comorbid Covid-19 positive patients. They are being sent to Covid Care Centre of Community Isolation Centre.
According to the SMC officials, the aged and comorbid members of Covid-19 infected family are being shifted to either hospital or Community Care Centre so that they get treatment if any complications arises.
“There are around 700 such families in the city whose three or more members have been tested Covid-19 positive. In order to stop the spread of Covid-19 and provide necessary treatment to those who need, we are shifting those aged members of co-morbid patient to Covid Community Centres for better health facility,” said Banchhanidhi Pani, municipal commissioner, Surat.
“Till now, we have shifted over 170 people from these families to Community Isolation Centres or hospitals in the city,” Pani added.
According to sources, this trend is observed mainly in Rander, Athwa, Varachha and Katargam zones in the city.
“Generally, Covid-19 infected patients with mild symptoms are advised home isolations but when most of the family members are infected with Covid-19, a patient above 50 years and a patient with comorbid condition is advised to go to Community Isolation Centre so that they can get emergency medical help,” said an SMC official.
‘There are 1,876 beds available in different Community Isolation Centres in the city and 224 beds are occupied. In Samras Covid Care Centre, 162 beds are occupied,” said an official.
BOX: Nurse recovers with plasma therapy
Surat: Niharikha Padhi, a nurse in a city-based private hospital, got discharged from the New Civil Hospital in the city. She was put on a ventilator for three days after her oxygen level dropped drastically but doctors applied convalescent plasma therapy besides other treatment. She was under depression after her father’s death and her health deteriorated. She was shifted to NCH where she was tested positive for Covid-19.