Ventilators Reportedly Transported In Garbage Trucks In Gujarat Amid Spike In COVID-19 Cases
34 ventilators were seen being transported to hospitals in the Surat district in a garbage truck to mitigate the shortage.
COVID-19 cases around the country are on a collective rise once again. India saw 1 lakh cases in 24 hours, which has been the highest spike till now.
Not much later, 34 ventilators were seen being transported to hospitals in the Surat district in a garbage truck to mitigate the shortage, reported India Today.
Presently, Gujarat is witnessing a shortage of ventilators as the state has reported more than 3,000 coronavirus cases for the first time on Monday.
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The Gujarat government took into account the shortage of ventilators in hospitals are ordered to transport 34 machines from Valsad to Surat. After the order, the Surat Municipal corporation sent a garbage truck to get the ventilators from Valsad.
Valsad Collector RR Rawal said that he was informed that the ventilators were being transported in the garbage truck that was sent by the Surat Municipal Corporation. He added that he has ordered an inquiry in the matter, said the report.
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People took to social media to condemn this.
This is the #GujaratModel Govt.
¡ª ????? ????? ????? ???? (@1Patelzuber) April 5, 2021
Ventilator sent to Surat From Valsad through Garbage Truck !
Can this type of Govt can Fight With Covid_19 ? pic.twitter.com/asub9W2msF
1 - Shut down places where business happens saying it's due to COVID
¡ª Rushik Rawal (@RushikRawal) April 5, 2021
2 - Make RT-PCR necessary and earn from it if anyone still wishes to go to such places
3 - Mask not compulsory
4 - Send Ventilators in Garbage Truck
5 - Impose Curfew#Surat
This is @BJP4Gujarat @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/hwBxoZ4tjJ
'Irony' ???? ???? !!! Ventilators that too in Garbage Truck ???¡á?
¡ª Anuj Mhatre ???? ???????? (@anuj_sena) April 6, 2021
What else can we expect in #BJP governed states ?!?
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Gujarat Model is Garbagehttps://t.co/FKpmNinPOk
¡ª Grouchy Maxx (@ElmaGoldwyn) April 6, 2021
Welcome to new india...
¡ª @VishalTripathi (@Vishal_Tweets3) April 6, 2021
1)Ventilators in Garbage truck
2)EVM's on Donkey ? https://t.co/zEckKRpEFT
Gujarat has been witnessing COVID-19 cases rising every day in the state and it has breached the 3,000 mark for the first time as 3,160 people tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. The state's total tally is 3,21,598, an official claimed on Monday.
The number deaths increased by 15 and brought the total death toll to 4,581 while 2,028 people who got discharged from hospitals took the recovery count to 3,00,765, reported PTI.
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Currently, the number of active cases in the state is 16, 252 and the official pointed pointed out that this is a rise of over 1,000 cases in a single day.
"Ahmedabad led with 773 new cases, followed by 603 in Surat, 283 in Rajkot, 216 in Vadodara, etc. During the day, seven patients died in Surat, six in Ahmedabad, and one each in Bhavnagar and Vadodara," he said.
