BAGH shuts down for seven days to check hospital staff

Vadodara: City’s prominent multi-speciality hospital – the Bhailal Amin General Hospital (BAGH) – decided to close down all its operations completely on Wednesday for a period of seven days.

So, from Thursday till May 27, the hospital will remain shut for all medical needs, a decision that had been taken keeping in mind the need of pool Covid-19 test of its staff members, an official release issued by the hospital’s management said.

“Patients who are admitted currently shall be shifted and discharged as per clinical guidelines and as advised by the clinicians,” it further mentioned.

“Team BAGH has proactively participated in the fight against corona and during this fight some of our warriors were injured and the authorities applaud them for their bravery,” the release said.

The release also had a mention about the inspection committee that was formed by the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC). “It gave BAGH no major deficiency in managing Covid-19 patients. In spite of the same the hospital management has decided for pool testing of its staff members,” the release said.

On May 16, VMC had formed a fact-finding committee to look into the affairs at BAGH after around 15 Covid-19 positive cases were found linked directly or indirectly to the hospital. In fact, 10 people who tested positive in the city since Tuesday evening also have some link to the hospital.

The next day, a three-member committee visited the hospital and in its report to the VMC stated that the hospital was following all current guidelines from ministry of health and family welfare related to Covid-19 case definition, triage, isolation, diagnosis and treatment.

The committee, however, had also said that it had found the PPE kit to be inadequate as it was not covering the entire feet.

Also, it had pointed out that proper signages of donning area and doffing area and general non-Covid OPD were missing. Thirdly, it had stated that the biomedical waste bins were without foot paddles.