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India Gazette
3 days ago
- Health
- India Gazette
"We can control any situation": Gujarat Health Minister calls Omicron 'not serious', says all arrangements in place
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], June 7 (ANI): Gujarat Health Minister Rushikesh Patel on Saturday noted that the state is fully prepared for COVID-19, with all arrangements including beds, ventilators, and ICU facilities in place, adding that the current Omicron variant is not very serious and does not seem to cause significant harm or death. Speaking to reporters, Minister Rushikesh Patel said, 'This Omicron virus is a virus of the Covid family, but it is not so serious. Varieties of this virus do not seem to cause any harm or death. But we have made all our arrangements, all beds, ventilators, and ICU beds. We can control any situation.' However, the Gujarat Health Minister urged pregnant women and patients with comorbidities to take care of themselves and advised anyone showing symptoms like cold, fever, or cough to seek treatment, stressing that the current rise in cases feels like a wave but is not severe. 'The cases that are increasing here happen many times in a year, so it seems like a wave has come. So my request is that pregnant women and patients with comorbidities should take care of themselves. And if someone has a cold, fever, cough, any such symptoms, then they should get themselves wave that is going on right now is not so serious,' the Health Minister said. As of June 7, 2025, at 8 AM, India reported 5755 active COVID-19 cases, while the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare reports 717 active cases in Gujarat. There have been 102 new COVID-19 cases in Gujarat since yesterday, with two deaths since January 1. According to the Union Health Ministry's data, 59 deaths have been reported since January 1, 2025. States have been instructed to ensure oxygen availability, isolation beds, ventilators, and essential medicines. Given the recent increase in COVID-19 cases in India, a series of technical review meetings were held on June 2 and 3 with various representatives under the chairpersonship of Dr Sunita Sharma, Director General of Health Services (DGHS). According to an official statement, the representatives include Disaster Management Cell, Emergency Management Response (EMR) Cell, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) and Central Government Hospitals in Delhi and with representatives from all States and UTs to evaluate the current COVID-19 situation and preparedness measures. (ANI)
Time of India
30-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
47% of pharma MOUs from VGGS 2024 commissioned
Gandhinagar: The state govt said that 47% of MoUs signed in the pharmaceutical sector in the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit (VGGS) 2024 have been commissioned. It said on Friday that of the 370 MoUs signed in the sector in the last summit held in January 2024, 175 were commissioned and 153 are in various stages of implementation. The MoUs signed in the pharma sector had resulted in a total investment of approximately Rs 11,114.13 crore, providing employment to 20,141 people in the state, health minister Rushikesh Patel said. Pharmaceutical companies had pledged Rs 30,000 crore in investments during VGGS 2024. An official statement said that among the commissioned projects in 2024, foreign companies like Senador Laboratories Pvt Ltd, Spain, invested Rs 2,500 crore in contraceptive drug production, creating 500 jobs. Amneal Pharmaceutical Pvt Ltd, US, invested Rs 700 crore in injectable drug production, also creating 500 jobs. Sysmex India Pvt Ltd, in collaboration with Japan, invested Rs 210 crore in medical device production, providing employment to 70 people. Merrill Group invested Rs 910 crore in medical device production, creating 300 jobs, while Swati Spentose Pvt Ltd, Vapi, invested Rs 500 crore, providing employment to 300 people. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like The Most Gorgeous Womens Drivepedia Undo Gujarat accounts for 33% of the country's total pharmaceutical production. Medicines are exported to around 200 countries worldwide, and Gujarat holds approximately a 28% share in India's total pharmaceutical exports. Currently, there are about 5,850 licensed manufacturers in Gujarat, producing allopathic, ayurvedic and homeopathic medicines, medical devices and cosmetics.
Indian Express
30-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Gujarat Confidential: Grand gesture
Senior Gujarat minister Rushikesh Patel recently lost his mother, Kamalaba, at the age of 86. In his mother's memory, the minister has planted 86 Peepal saplings at a park in Visnagar, his home town and constituency. Patel has also resolved to cultivate the 86 trees. Former deputy chief minister Nitin Patel who was also present during the occasion, called the initiative as 'worth following' by others.
Time of India
30-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
TB registration rate down 34% since 2015: Govt
Gandhinagar: Claiming that Gujarat has made significant progress in the 'TB-free India' campaign, the state govt on Thursday said that compared to 2015, there was a 34% reduction in the registration rate of new TB patients and a 37% decrease in the mortality rate in 2023. Quoting state health minister Rushikesh Patel, an official statement said that TB diagnosis will soon be available in all talukas, as the state govt was in the process of procuring 180 Truenat machines. About 140 such machines are already available at various hospitals in the state. The statement said that between Jan and April this year, 45,282 new TB patients were registered, which was 1,011 lower than for the same period in 2024. Under the Nikshay Poshan Yojana, assistance is provided so that TB patients can get nutritious food. The Union govt deposits Rs 1,000 monthly directly into the patient's account through Direct Benefit Transfer. In Gujarat, Rs 46.50 crore in assistance was deposited through DBT into the accounts of 1,19,833 patients in 2024, an official statement said.
Indian Express
16-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Its concerns allayed by university, Ahmedabad's St Xavier's College gives in-principle nod to join Gujarat Common Admission Service
This academic session onwards, students wishing to study at St Xavier's College can apply for it through the Gujarat Common Admission Service (GCAS) – the portal launched by the state government in 2024 for admission to colleges affiliated with government universities. On Friday, the autonomous college in Ahmedabad affiliated to Gujarat University gave an in-principle approval to join the GCAS for admission to nearly 2,500 seats of undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate programmes (PG) in the 2025-26 academic session. 'We had certain apprehensions, including logistical difficulties, in joining GCAS unconditionally which we will submit to the university authorities in writing on Saturday. The university had promised to address these apprehensions and make a technical team available to look into the issues,' the principal of St Xavier's College, Vinayak Jadav, told The Indian Express. The 'apprehensions' include 'time misalignment' with the college authorities stating that its session begins on June 16 every year while the GCAS admission process ends in August-September. Further, the college has raised concerns over the fee collected through GCAS going to the state government, besides the several diagnostic exams the college conducts to test skills for admission to programmes like M Sc Biotech, M A English and others. Besides, concerns over starting new courses would be discussed with the university authorities during the meeting on Saturday. 'The process to start new courses has to be completed before April but the GCAS admissions takes longer,' the principal stated. During a meeting in February, certain issues were taken up and deliberated upon during the GCAS review meeting held under the chairmanship of Higher and Technical Education Minister Rushikesh Patel along with State Education Minister Praful Pansheriya in Gandhinagar. These included additional financial burden borne by the students in going to cyber cafes to fill online forms; mistakes during form-filling causing discrepancies at the time of admission; colleges offering admissions to more students than their intake; university and colleges not providing details of eligibility of different programmes, intake, fee, live vacancy; cut-off of previous rounds etc. During the meeting, it was decided that these issued would be taken care of in the second year of GCAS. As per government records, more than 4.55 lakh admissions were made in UG and PG through the GCAS portal in 2024-25.
