Nearly 4K patients shifted to city from Gandhinagar for better care

AHMEDABAD: A total of 3,924 patients were referred to Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, from the civil hospital in Gandhinagar.
These patients were shifted to Ahmedabad for the want of treatment. The state health department — in reply to Sanand MLA Karamsinh Patel — has said the transfers took place over the past year. The government said that since Civil Hospital, Gandhinagar, was getting a medical college, infrastructure and other facilities will be upgraded.
In another question, posed by Dariyapur MLA, the state said that in two years — from January 1, 2013, to December 31, 2014 — the Rogi Kalyan Samiti received Rs 19.26 crore of which Rs 13 crore was used for the welfare of patients admitted in civil hospitals.