Infection spirals in Fazilka, but all 4 ventilators shifted to Ludhiana

Praful Chander Nagpal

Fazilka, May 18

All four ventilators in Fazilka district have been shifted to Ludhiana despite positive Covid cases rising here. The positive cases in rural areas have outnumbered infections reported in the three towns of the district.

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Civil Surgeon, Fazilka, Dr Parminder Kumar said on the instructions of the higher authorities, the ventilators had been shifted to the Deputy Medical Commissioner’s office in Ludhiana on the plea that there were more cases there. Now, there is no ventilator in the government hospitals of Fazilka to treat the patients.

Information gathered by The Tribune revealed that during the past one week, 3,580 positive cases had been reported in Fazilka and 93 persons succumbed to the disease.

The district is represented by PPCC president Sunil Jakhar and Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu happens to be the chairman of the District Grievances Redressal Committee here but most of the Covid patients have been left to fend for themselves.

Official sources said presently, there were 4,413 active cases in the district but there was only one level-2 Covid centre at the Jalalabad Civil Hospital which could accommodate only 60 patients. Most of the remaining patients were in home isolation and the serious ones had been shifted to the Faridkot Medical College, which was already overburdened.

“A second centre is being set up at the Ramasara hospital in Abohar subdivision, which will start functioning in a couple of days,” claimed Dr Parminder Kumar.

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