This story is from April 22, 2021

Bihar: Six ventilators at Araria Sadar hospital gather dust

Six ventilators received from Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) Fund last year for Araria Sadar Hospital are still gathering dust despite surge in Covid cases in the district.
Bihar: Six ventilators at Araria Sadar hospital gather dust
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ARARIA: Six ventilators received from Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) Fund last year for Araria Sadar Hospital are still gathering dust despite surge in Covid cases in the district.
Serious Covid patients are sent to ANM Training School at Forbesganj, 24km away from the district headquarters, without even a single ventilator. The critical patients are referred to Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur Medical College and Hospital (JNKTMCH), Madhepura.

When asked about the ventilators lying idle at the Sadar hospital, Araria civil surgeon Dr MP Gupta attributed it to lack of technicians for which letters had been sent to the health department. “A well-equipped ambulance with an advanced life supporting system has been pressed into service for very serious patients,” he added.
Meanwhile, Araria district had 432 active Covid patients, out of which six were kept at isolation centres in Forbesganj and two having breathing problem have been shifted to JNKTMCH for better treatment.
Altogether 88 fresh Covid cases were detected in Araria on Tuesday, which was the highest in the district till date. Besides, at least 28 persons have died due to Covid in the district and about 582 people have been found positive in the last 20 days, out of which 424 were in home isolation.
Despite strict measures being adopted by the district & sessions judge, Araria judicial division, about 5 employees of the civil court, including the steno of the district judge court, have also been found corona positive.
With regard to vaccination, around 1,17,096 persons above 45 years of age have received the first dose and 18,945 got the second dose in the district.
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