Another upsetting incident came to the fore in Ganjam district on Monday where a critically-ill person died as a 108 Ambulance refused to carry him to a hospital suspecting him to be a Covid-infected patient.
With no option left, relatives helplessly watched him dying in front of his house at Prahallad Nagar in the city here.
“My father was suffering from fever for the last few days. When his condition worsened today, we called up the 108 Ambulance service to take him to a nearby hospital. An ambulance came a few hours later, but the driver refused to carry him after knowing that he had a fever,” said the deceased’s son.
By the time another ambulance, called through helpline number 104, reached their house, the man had already breathed his last, said the son.
The disease of the deceased man was yet to be ascertained.
On Monday, Ganjam district’s Covid positive tally crossed 9,000-mark with 491 fresh cases being detected in the last 24 hours. The tally rose to 9,169.
According to the date put on Twitter by the Information and Public Relations Department, the district alone reported 32.6% of the total 1,503 positive cases detected in the State on Monday. Besides, it reported three Covid-19 deaths that include a 51-year-old woman and two males aged 55 years and 58 years.
The fresh 491 cases include 41 Corona Warriors, a person with travel history to other State and 449 persons with active contact with previous positive cases. All the patients have been shifted to Covid hospitals.
The new cases included 142 from the Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) area.
Now, the district has 3,251 active cases, while 5,836 persons have recovered and 82 succumbed to the virus.