Times of India: Ahmedabad: Tuesday,
08 December 2020.
Between March 23 and October 21, when the city saw its first wave of Covid cases, more than 12,712 vials of remdesivir were supplied by the central medical stores of the civic body of Ahmedabad.
Some 745 life-saving tocilizumab injections were administered at AMC hospitals or supplied to private hospitals. The figures reflect the disease severity experienced in the first few months of the pandemic. These figures were obtained under the Right To Information Act (RTI) by Pankaj Bhatt, a resident of Kalupur.
The RTI data shows that some 61,000 PPE kits were procured by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) central stores of which LG Hospital was supplied 30,960 kits and Shardaben Hospital 15,625 kits.
“LG and Shardaben Hospital doctors were involved in field duties when the peak of Covid infections was witnessed. Covid-19 care centres including private ones were collectively supplied 11,600 PPE kits, which includes GCS Hospital which was provided 4,200 kits,” says a senior medical officer at AMC.
The RTI data also reveals that each PPE kit was procured for Rs 787 while remdesivir injections were bought for Rs 2,105 per vial.
Between March 23 and October 21, when the city saw its first wave of Covid cases, more than 12,712 vials of remdesivir were supplied by the central medical stores of the civic body of Ahmedabad.
Some 745 life-saving tocilizumab injections were administered at AMC hospitals or supplied to private hospitals. The figures reflect the disease severity experienced in the first few months of the pandemic. These figures were obtained under the Right To Information Act (RTI) by Pankaj Bhatt, a resident of Kalupur.
The RTI data shows that some 61,000 PPE kits were procured by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) central stores of which LG Hospital was supplied 30,960 kits and Shardaben Hospital 15,625 kits.
“LG and Shardaben Hospital doctors were involved in field duties when the peak of Covid infections was witnessed. Covid-19 care centres including private ones were collectively supplied 11,600 PPE kits, which includes GCS Hospital which was provided 4,200 kits,” says a senior medical officer at AMC.
The RTI data also reveals that each PPE kit was procured for Rs 787 while remdesivir injections were bought for Rs 2,105 per vial.