Covid patient's family takes ambulance to Vidhana Soudha seeking hospital bed


Bengaluru, May 7 (IANS): In a day of dramatic developments, a Covid positive patient's family staged a sit-in protest outside the Karnataka Vidhana Soudha on Thursday to secure a hospital bed for treatment.

The incident took place hours after a Covid patient died on his way to the hospital after his family members pleaded for a hospital bed in front of Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa's official residence Cauvery.

Even though the CMO officials made arrangements for a bed and an ambulance, the patient was reportedly declared brought dead by the hospital authorities. After this incident, the CMO blocked all the approach roads leading to CM's residence.

In the second incident, unable to find a hospital bed, a woman along with her daughter drove to the Vidhana Soudha in an ambulance carrying her Covid positive husband and demanded a bed for his treatment.

Stopped by the police, the woman and her relatives launched a sit-in protest in front of the Vidhan Soudha. Later, Karnataka Congress MLA N.A. Harris' son Mohammed Nalapad also reached the spot and joined the protest.

After about half-an-hour, Chief Secretary P. Ravi Kumar finally arranged a bed for the Covid patient at the government-run Victoria Hospital.

Nalpad was taken into custody by the police after they sent the ambulance to the hospital.

Shortage of beds at the hospitals is a crisis that has been unfolding in several parts of Karnataka ever since the state came under the grip of the raging second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Karnataka has been reporting a daily spike of more than 50,000 Covid cases for the past two days, with Bengaluru being the epicentre of the disease outbreak.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai

    Fri, May 07 2021

    Monty, I vividly remember your & a few other's posts who do not follow the crowds blindly! I too have repeatedly posted of this being an airborne virus like any other; also your views that single masks would provide only 50% protection, but, as you said, it can be easily transmitted through the eyes; also long back I had posted about it getting transmitted through the Oro-fecal route, drinking water contaminated with the virus! With the sloppy/haphazard drainage system in DK and most parts of India, this route too might be contributing in the the transmission; have read of many open & borewells in DK being contaminated with direct connection with sewage water! IMHO, the present sudden increase in mortality is because a fulminant strain of the virus is in our circulation whose genome has not yet being sequenced! Also mortality in hospitals is very high because of lack of expert care except for pumping high pressure oxygen into the delicate lungs without close monitoring, which itself could be the cause of deaths due to serious consequences of hyperoxia ROS! Most people are half dead when they get a positive report because of the fear psychosis created by media and vested interests!

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  • kavin, udupi

    Fri, May 07 2021

    Tejaswi was saying more than 1000 bed is available how come now patients are not getting bed ?

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  • Rita, Germany

    Fri, May 07 2021

    Kavin udipi of course beds are there but not for a poor man.Available if you pay extra to the man who arranges a bed,a ambulance to take him ,extra in hospital who takes him to bed.Not forgetting a bit oxygen too require hand warming.I only appeal people instead of searching beds at the last minute,please avoid unnecessary contact,and mixing .or when some symptoms are there dont wait till last minute.Becareful not to come in contact with not necessarily visit.wear mask except at home and wherever you go.keep distance next atleast 2meters.one never know who is a carrier come from far or near.

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  • Omar, Mysore

    Fri, May 07 2021

    Way to go, they would not work unless you hold them accountable , everyone in need should follow you and protest in front of Vidhanasoudha

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  • Gurka, mangaluru

    Fri, May 07 2021

    The bjp MLA busy in CD and PORN watching activities !! they dont have time for people as they spent lot of money on ELECTION !! They just want back the HIGH RETURNS !!

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Fri, May 07 2021

    Vidhana Soudha & Rashtrapati Bhavan should be converted as Covid Hospital ...

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  • Rahul, Mangalore

    Fri, May 07 2021

    BJP government from top to bottom busy in seeding religious poison. Their ministers have plans to build Gowshalas for cows. Rahul

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