The District administration gives warm “send Off” to the 18th Corona Positive patient at Civil Hospital
No new case reported since March 26
Nawanshahr, April 22, 2020: Nawanshahr, the first district of the state, which happened to push the panic button, after the death of Baba Baldev Singh of village Pathlawa died of COVID-19 on March 18, has now emerged as a core fighter to combat the dreaded pandemic. Today, the 18th positive case, under treatment, has been relieved from the Civil Hospital. The District administration gave him a warm ‘send off’, as a mark of the success of the concerted efforts in braving the ordeal.
It is worthwhile to mention here that after the death of Baba Baldev Singh, 18 Corona positive cases from his family and contacts, were detected and isolated in the local Civil Hospital during March 19 to 26.
Deputy Commissioner, Vinay Bublani, while lauding the dedicated, concerted and exemplary efforts of the employees of all the district departments especially health department for successfully fighting the pandemic, said that though Nawanshahr district would have to wait for 28 days to get rid of the ‘ Red Zone’ tag but with the successful treatment of the 16 years old Corona patient, the district had become “Corona Free”.
SSP, Alka Meena, said on the occasion that the services rendered by the “brave-heart Corona Warriors” at the isolation ward had made it possible for the district to come out of the danger zone. But, still we have to go a long way and stick to the precautionary measures to check the spread of Corona virus, he added.
MLA, Angad Singh also lauded the team work of all the govt. departments and NGOs for the miraculous success.
Civil Surgeon, Dr. Rajinder Parshad Bhatia, SMO, Dr. Harvinder Singh and hospital staff were present on the occasion.
Later, the Deputy Commissioner, Vinay Bublani, SSP, Alka Meena accompanied by Chairman, District Planning Committee, Satvir Singh Palli Jhikki, ADC(G), Aditaya Uppal, SP(D), Wazir Singh Khehra, SDM, Banga, Gautam Jain, DSP, Banga, Navneet Singh Mahil, DSP, Deepika Singh, paid floral tributes to Shaheed-E-Azam, Sardar Bhagat Singh at village Khatkar Kalan, a great source of inspiration for the whole district during the fight against the COVID-19.