In Chhattisgarh, Sanitation Workers In Garbage Vans Are Ferrying COVID Bodies To Crematoriums
Amid the spike in COVID cases and acute shortage of medical infrastructure, a garbage van was used to ferry the bodies of patients who died of coronavirus in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon.
Amid the spike in COVID cases and acute shortage of medical infrastructure, a garbage van was used to ferry the bodies of patients who died of coronavirus in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon.
Appalling visuals show four sanitation workers, clad in full PPE kits, lifting and dumping the bodies in the back of the van for taking them to the cremation ground.
Chhattisgarh: 4 #COVID19 patients died in Dongargaon block of Rajnandgaon dist y'day allegedly due to non-availability of oxygen. 3 of them died at a COVID Care Centre while the 4th died at a Community Health Centre. They were taken for cremation allegedly in a garbage vehicle. pic.twitter.com/4WSeETlGcx
¡ª ANI (@ANI) April 15, 2021
With the onset of the second wave of COVID, Chhattisgarh has become the hotbed for infections, and the rising fatalities have unfolded a health infrastructure crisis.
Press Club converted into COVID care centre
In wake of the shortage of beds in hospitals, Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon Press Club has converted its premises into a COVID centre where asymptomatic patients are being treated free of cost.
The press club members have arranged 30 beds for patients who are asymptomatic but need medical assistance. A team of medical staff is also present at the club round the clock to take care of the patients.
NDTV
The director of the press club Ajay Soni said, "In view of the shortage of hospital beds in the city, we have arranged 30 beds for patients who are asymptomatic. Two oxygen cylinders and a 24 X7 ambulance have been arranged. We are also free meals to patients."
Chhattisgarh's main government hospital in Raipur has been struggling to cope up with the number of deaths. It's ICUs and oxygen-equipped beds have been at almost 100 per cent occupancy for the past week.
Chhattisgarh records 14,250 new COVID-19 cases, 120 fatalities. Infection tally rises to 4,86,244, death toll 5,307. Number of active cases of the disease in the state stands at 1,18,636.
¡ª Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) April 14, 2021
According to the Union Health Ministry, Chhattisgarh has 1,09,139 active COVID-19 cases, while the death toll due to the infection has mounted to 5,187 over the last one year.
The state, especially capital Raipur, is one of the worst affected by the current of COVID-19.
