THE TIMES OF INDIA, AHMEDABAD MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2015 3TIMES CITY

Ahmedabad: In a third inci-dent of murder in Vatvasince past two months, a 55-year-old woman was stabbedto death. Sammariya Kush-wa, a resident of Vatva, wasstabbed in the head andstomach. After the murderthe body was abandonednear Vinzol railway crossingin Vatva. Police found thebody on Sunday morning.

Vatva has witnessedthree gruesome murderssince beginning of this year.A builder Mukesh Patel wasshot dead in January while ateenage girl was clubbed todeath about a fortnight agoin the area.

Vatva police have regis-tered a case of murder on ba-sis of the complaint lodgedby Sammariyas son Rajku-mar Kushwa. Sammariyause to stay with Rajkumar asshe had separated from herhusband who now resides inUttar Pradesh, said inspec-tor of Vatva police stationJaideep Sarvaiya.

She used to work at a pri-vate factory in Vatva GIDCand lived with her youngerson Rakishan at Anmol Vi-har society in Vatva, said apolice source.

Police officials said Kush-was elder son who also used

to live with the victim hadjust separated and was resid-ing with his family in anoth-er house in the same area.

Inspector Sarvaiya saidKushwa went for work at thefactory on Saturday. She didnot return till evening. Raj-kumar searched for her inthe area but could not findher. However in the morningVatva police got a messagethat a body of woman is lyingabandoned near Vinzol rail-way crossing in the area.

We rushed to the spotand found that there werestab wounds on the head andstomach of the woman. Wedo not suspect loot or rape asthe motive behind the grue-some murder. We believethat Kushwa was killed as aresult of internal feudamong the family, addedSarvaiya.

55-year-oldwoman stabbedto death in Vatva

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Ahmedabad: Jaisukh Patel, 34,resident of Amarnathsociety in Naroda, wascaught by local peoplewhen tried to tease amarried woman bycatching her hand andoffering her a lift onhis bike. Patel washanded over to Narodapolice who arrestedhim after booking himunder legal sectionsfor molestation.

Sources in the police said Pa-tel, who was on his bike ap-proached, a , 27-year-old married

woman who, along with her sister-in-law, was purchasing vegetablesin the area.

Patel caught thewomans hand and of-fered her lift. However, asthe woman raised analarm, local peoplerushed to her help andcaught Patel. Patel wasthrashed by the peopleand then handed over tous, said a cop from Naro-da police station.

Naroda police saidthey are verifying the an-

tecedents of Patel as they suspectthat he may be a habitual offenderwho has been caught earlier also.

Man tries to force woman onto his bike; thrashed, arrested

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Ahmedabad: An 85-year oldwoman has registered a com-plaint with Ellisbridge police fortheft of cash and valuablesworth Rs 5.68 lakh from her resi-dence in Ambawadi.

According to Ellisbridge po-lice, Bharat Shah, relative of Jas-nanda Shah, 85, a resident of Ni-yojannagar, Ambawadi, hasfiled the complaint on behalf ofJasnanda. According to thecomplaint theft that took placebetween December 27, 2014 andJanuary 2, 2015. During the saidperiod Shah was hospitalizedand had not checked on her be-longings. When she was recent-ly going through her valuables,she realized several items andRs 2 lakh cash were missing.

Shah has three daughters,

all settled abroad. We are gettingin touch with the local relativesto get more information to inves-tigate, said an Ellisbridge po-lice official.

In another incident, ShahidHasan Kagdi, a resident of Sun-rise Flats near Tagore Hall, hasfiled a complaint for theft of valu-ables worth Rs 1.76 lakh from histwo residences.

According to his complaint,somebody entered into his andneighbour Zohra Qazi's resi-dence between 10pm on Fridayand 10am on Saturday afterbreaking locks on the maindoors and stole gold ornaments,a watch and cash worth Rs 1.15lakh from his residence and goldornaments and cash worth Rs70,000 from his neighbour's resi-dence. He has filed complaint forthefts with Ellisbridge police.

Senior in hospital,thieves raid her home

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Theft reported: A Ghatlodia resident has filed a complaintwith police for theft of Rs 70,000. Dr Chandbhan Gadhvi, a resi-dent of Parulnagar Society, accused Mahendra Meena, whowas working as driver with him, stole the cash . TNN

Man duped: A Meghaninagar resident has filed a complaintagainst police impersonator for theft of a mobile phone fromnear Kalupur bus stand. According to a complaint by Himmat Pa-tel, a resident of Meghaninagar, was passing from Kalupur onFriday when he was stopped by a man posing to be a cop and-firsked him and stole the mobile. TNN

Ahmedabad: People mill-ing around in a designatedswine flu ward doesnt soundlike there is much isolationor safety from further infec-tion in the place. But this iswhat it is like in the D9 isola-tion ward at Civil Hospitalin Asarwa which is overflow-ing with swine flu cases suspected as well as con-firmed. Most of the patientsare frantically looking for abed after being turned awayfrom one private hospital oranother in the city.

Throwing all precautionto the wind, relatives andstrangers manage to get intothe D9 ward which is sup-posed to be a restricted area.There is no one to stop them.TOI entered the so calledquarantined ward threetimes without being ques-tioned. Inside doctors andparamedics have theirhands full managing swineflu patients and suspectedcases. However, they have tocalm down, at the same time,angry and anxious relativeswho demand immediate at-tention. In the process thedeadly virus is free to infecteven the unwary. Some rela-tives even fought with secu-rity staff for free access tothe ward.

The scene inside is trau-

matizing. Why arent the pa-ramedics and doctors wear-ing aprons, protective gearand gloves? Why are rela-tives of H1N1 patients notwearing masks all the time?Why are suspected patientsbeing examined in a cloggedalley of the isolation ward?

We doctors arestretched. Why cant privatehospitals take off some ofour burden? Even 200-bedprivate hospitals have just afew beds in isolation wards.The 2015 outbreak of swineflu is the worst in five yearsbut private hospitals havefailed to co-operate, said asenior doctor attending topatients in the swine fluward.

Witnessing this scene inthe ward no one would be-lieve that the state has al-ready seen five pandemicyears since the deadly swineflu first surfaced in 2009. TheUnion ministry of health

has laid down a 17-page Clin-ical Management Protocolwhich mandates a protectivegear for all those who enterthe quarantined ward. Also,as in 2009, the state govern-ment is yet to declare an epi-demic and force private hos-pitals to throw open moreisolation facilities.

Swine flu director of Guj-arat, Dr Kamlesh Upadhyay,said that doctors of publichospitals are doing theirbest. But it would reducethe huge pressure on publichospitals if private hospi-tals run swine flu OPDs andeven increase their isolationbed capacities, said Upad-hyay.

At swine flu OPD which isat a stones throw from theisolation ward, the attend-ing doctors had run out ofprotective masks and wereusing old ones. A patient toldTOI that he refused to wear amask as he would not be ableto get an auto-rickshaw.

The city's private hospi-tals can accommodate 256swine flu patients as of now.Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad the largest referral centrein West India had startedwith 30 beds but it has stead-ily expanded its capacity to165 isolation beds for swineflu patients. Such an in-crease is not visible in pri-vate hospitals of the city.

Swine Flu Patients, Kin Crowd IsolationWard At Asarwa; Doctors Helpless

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Ahmedabad: A BRTS bus wasvandalized after the bus hit aboy in Sabarmati.

According to a complaint byGopal Bharwad, a resident ofGhatlodia and working as adriver with BRTS bus, he waspassing from AMC swimmingpool at 9.15pm on Saturdaywhen a teenager came on the

BRTS track. He stopped the bus but the

bus hit the boy. Soon after the in-cident, nearby residents ghea-roed the bus and started peltingstones. A group led by UtsavLeuva and Akash Makwanaroughed him up as he fled thespot and reported the incidentto police. As per his complaint,the group incurred damagesworth Rs 50,000 to the bus.

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Ahmedabad: In the nexttwo days, Gujarats swineflu numbers would breachthe 2010 figures thus mak-ing 2015 the worst swine fluattack in the states histo-ry. Over the past 46 daysGujarat has already regis-tered 1,674 cases and re-corded 144 deaths.

In 2010 the state regis-tered 1,682 swine flu casesand recorded 363 deaths.One wonders what thedeadly disease has in storein the upcoming monsoonand winter.

On Sunday, the stateregistered 152 new casesand eight deaths, one of thehighest in recent times.

While interacting withpresspersons at the Sabar-mati marathon venue,chief minister AnandibenPatel insisted that the gov-ernment had no plans toformally declare an epi-demic.

Neighbouring Rajas-than on the contrary hasdeclared an epidemic andforced even private hospi-tals to throw open their fa-

cilities three days ago. Guj-arat and Rajasthanaccount for 50% of thecountrys swine flu cases.

The only glimmer ofhope, however, being that615 patients have beencured of the disease of the1,674 cases registered sofar in state.

Ahmedabad city regis-tered 28 new cases of the to-tal 51 cases and two deathstill Sunday taking the totalcount to 412 and death tollto 28 since January 1. InAhmedabad more than 3.71lakh houses were surveyedfor fever and cough cases.

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Vadodara: Tandalja is the worst-hit area inthe city when it comes to swine flu. As many as15 cases have been reported from the areawithin 45 days.

The data collected by Vadodara MunicipalCorporation (VMC) on prevalence of swine flufor the period between January 1 and Febru-ary 14 has identified three areas in the citywhere swine flu is more widespread. AfterTandalja, Gorwa-Subhanpura and Sama arethe areas which have registered high number

of swine flu cases this year. Ironically, denselypopulated old city areas have one of the lowestnumber of swine flu cases. VMC had conduct-ed an extensive surveillance of the city thatended on Friday.

The surveillance was aimed at identify-ing high risk areas in the city to ensure ade-quate preventive measures. During the sur-veillance we were looking for trends thatwould help us concentrate our efforts to par-ticular areas. But the cases, even in areas likeTandalja are scattered, said VMCs medicalofficer (health) Dr Devesh Patel.

Tandalja worst-hit in VadodaraIshita.Bhadra@timesgroup.com

Over the past 46days Gujarat hasregistered 1,674cases and recorded144 deaths. In 2010, the statehad registered 1,682swine flu cases andrecorded 363deaths. That surelymust spur alarm

Gujarats worstoutbreak but no

epidemic for govt

FIGHTING STEPS

Standard Operating Procedure

Reinforce standard infection control precautions. All those entering the room must use high-efficiency masks, gowns, goggles, gloves, cap and shoe

cover

Restrict number of visitors Provide anti-viral prophylaxis to healthcare personnel managing the case and ask them to monitor their own health twice a day

Dispose of waste properly by placing it in sealed bags labelled as bio-hazard

PRECAUTIONS RECOMMENDED IN CLINICAL MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL

Infrastructure and material support

Isolation facilities | If dedicated isolation room is not available, beds must be kept one metre apart

Manpower | Dedicated doctors, nurses and paramedical workers

Equipment | Portable x-ray machine, ventilators, large oxygen cylinders, pulse oxymeter

Supplies | Adequate quantities of disinfectants and medications

2015 is set to be worst year in terms of H1N1 onslaught in state

Period Cases Deaths

May-Dec 09 697 125

2010 1,682 363

2011 7 4

2012 101 30

2013 1,039 198

Jan-Feb 15 2015 1,674 144 Swine flu helpline number : 1800 2332510