Manpower needed in civil hospitals

Rajkot: The rising number of cases in Rajkot have forced the district administration to ask for the manpower in civil hospitals.
Additional district collector P B Pandya said: “There are 80 medical attendants deputed from Surat, apart from 70 doctors.”
The district hospitals are also facing the shortage of ventilators. According to the collector office, the civil hospital provided 27 ventilators to private hospitals. The civil hospital has the stock of 88 ventilators.
“We have asked the government to provide more ventilators and oxygen, and we will get as per our need,” Pandya added. There were a total of 2,009 active cases registered on Saturday in the district.