Corona crisis deepens in Jaisalmer amid poor health infra

Jaisalmer: The Covid-19 situation in Jaisalmer has deteriorated further with many succumbing to the virus of late in addition to lack of health infrastructure.
In the last three days, Covid has claimed five lives while around 45 patients were referred to Jodhpur for treatment after complaining of breathlessness. The three Covid care centres in Jaisalmer are full and a search is on for new centres while less serious patients are being home quarantined.
Moreover, sample collection facility is being provided at three places at Jaisalmer district headquarters. On the directions of the district administration, corona sampling is being done from 8am to 2pm at Jawahar Hospital, the dispensary at Gandhi Colony and at the urban primary health centre at Gafoor Bhatta.
District collector Ashish Modi has directed to ensure all arrangements for sampling at the three places. The collector said seeing the increase in Covid cases, instructions to set up a new Covid centre at Soni Dharamsala has been issued. Municipal council chairperson and UIT secretary have visited the new centre.
There are 17 ventilators in Jaisalmer which are lying unused since there is lack of oxygen supply due to which patients are being referred to Jodhpur.
On the other hand, many claim that the health department is hiding the real figures of infections.
Box - Govt deploys 15 docs to Jaisalmer
Jaisalmer: After The Times of India published a story on September 23 about the 17 ventilators in government hospitals lying unutilised for want of doctors in Jaisalmer and Pokhran and patients being referred to Jodhpur, district collector Ashish Modi has made many efforts to fill the vacant posts of doctors, after which the state government on Friday issued an order to immediately deploy 15 doctors who were on APO at the directorate in Jaipur and directed them to join within 12 hours. After this, ICU and oxygen-cum-ventilator beds will start in Jaisalmer.
Confirming the deployment of 15 doctors, he said that total 17 ventilators in Jaisalmer district are not being operated due to lack of doctors. The state government has deployed 15 doctors including many experts, surgeons and physicians.