SATISH HANDA
Panic was seen among residents of twin city Ambala after the news of arrival of first patient suffering from corona virus reached at the civil hospital for treatment on March 27 late evening identified as Gurpreet (21) resident of village Ram Nagar in Punjab who arrived from Nepal on March 19, 2010 in a bus. Kuldeep Kumar CMO Ambala expressed surprise over entry of youth suffering from disease in Haryana without checking at Haryana-Punjab border and immediately informed Ashok Kumar Deputy Commissioner Ambala who took up matter with DGP Haryana to increase security measures by the police at the borders especially at Ambala meeting Punjab state at three to four places. Meanwhile, health department started efforts to identify persons travelling along with Gurpreet in the bus from Nepal on March 19. CMO told that nearly 150 patients suffering from cold, cough and fever are visiting OPD at the civil hospitals Ambala every day and every case is being taken not to allow them to stand in queue. He said that decision was taken to shift Gurpreet to PGI Chandigarh immediately for treatment.
Chief Minister Haryana Manohar Lal Khatter in a meeting held at Chandigarh in which Cabinet Minister for home, health and sports Anil Vij was also present discussed the latest position as regard corona virus epidemic outbreak in Haryana state. Vij told that out of total COVID-19 positive cases admitted in 14 hospitals in the state, six patients have been cured and released from the hospitals, which include five patients at Guugram and one patient at Faridabad. He said, among 20 corona virus positive cases reported in the state included 10 cases admitted in the hospital at Gurugram of them five cases cured, three cases admitted at Faridabad of them one case cured for which the performance of concerned doctors was appreciated by both Khatter as well as Vij.
Information reveals, out of 11656 persons arrived from other countries were kept under observation of them 20 cases were detected corona positive, which included 10 cases at Gurugram, four cases each at Panipat and Panchkula and one case each at Palwal and Sonepat. Information also reveals that as many as 345 suspected corona positive cases were kept under observation for 14 days and as many as 248 suspected persons had come in contact with corona positive patients are yet under observation in the state, besides 11259 suspected persons under observation at present, another 645 suspected corona positive and 185 others still admitted in the hospitals in the state. Out of corona suspected patients, samples of 574 suspected persons were found negative and report of 126 samples are still awaited.
According to DRM Ambala, on the directions of Ministry of Railways, Jagadhari workshop has developed a 24 coach train having Corona Isolation Wards in sleeping coaches equipped with all advanced medical facilities and two bathrooms in each coach and 220 volts electric supply, 400 face masks production and PPE kit for doctors in every coach.
