Turned Away By Three Hospitals COVID Positive Woman In Noida Dies In The Parking Area Of Fourth

In a tragic incident, a 33-year-old woman lost her battle with life after failing to get admitted to a hospital on time.

The woman, identified as Jagriti Gupta, was originally from Madhya Pradesh and was working as an engineer in a company in Greater Noida.

She was living alone in Noida while her family, including her husband and children, were in Madhya Pradesh.

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According to reports, Gupta had tested positive for COVID-19 and was isolating at home.

On Thursday Gupta's condition worsened and a friend who lives in the same accommodation and her landlord tried to get her admitted to a hospital.

Turned away by three hospitals

First, they took her to Kailash Hospital where they were told there are no vacant beds. At SRS Multispeciality Hospital in Delta 1 and Sharda Hospital, they had similar experiences.

Finally, they took Gupta to the Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) and they were once again told that there were no beds available.

Her friend and landlord kept running from pillar to post trying to get her admitted, but to no avail.

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By 2 pm Gupta's condition worsened and she died inside the car, in GIMS campus.

GIMS director Dr RK Gupta said they had 287 patients against 215 (150 with oxygen) beds on Thursday. ¡°We have many extra beds. The woman who died was not taken inside,¡± he said.

Government in denial

The tragic death comes even as the Uttar Pradesh government continues to say that there is no shortage of hospital beds or medical oxygen in the state.

The Yogi Adityanath-led government even went on to say that those trying to create panic on social media by saying that there is a shortage of beds and oxygen in Uttar Pradesh will have their assets confiscated.

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Uttar Pradesh projected to become the worst hit

Uttar Pradesh is currently the fourth-worst hit state in India and has reported over 12.5 lakh cases so far.

Last week, a presentation by Niti Aayog member (health) VK Paul had said that UP will report 119,000 Covid-19 cases daily by April 30.

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It said that Uttar Pradesh would report the highest daily cases number in India by April 30 at 119,604, followed by Maharashtra at 99,665, Delhi 67,134 and Chhattisgarh at 61,474.