Gujarat HC Orders Hospital to Collect Sperm of COVID Patient

 

The News Cover: In Vadodara, Gujarat, on 10 May a 32-year-old man had contracted the coronavirus and was hospitalized at the Sterling Hospital. His condition was very critical. He and his wife have been married for eight months. They were based in Canada. They returned to India in March 2021, as the man’s father had a serious heart ailment. After this, he contracted the virus and has been admitted to the hospital. Since he was unable to breathe he was put on the ECMO machine, which kept him stable. The wife was devastated when the doctors said that her husband would die within 24 hours. He had contracted Pneumonia and was suffering from multiple organ failure. 

Which is why he would not live for more than 24 hours. The wife was shattered as she envisioned starting a family with her husband. She was distraught. The wife then requested the doctors to extract her husband's sperm so she can get pregnant through IVF and have a child in her husband's memory. The doctors refused as the man was unconscious and they can not extract sperm without his consent. The wife then filed a petition in the Gujarat High Court and requested an urgent hearing on 21 July. The Court directed the hospital to collect the sperm. They collected the sperm and have stored it securely. The wife can then use the sperm for the IVF process when she wishes.

Gujarat news: Long wait at Gujarat & Chhattisgarh Struggle to Cremate COVID Patients

 

The News Cover: There is a spike in coronavirus infections in India and the mortality rate has increased too. India had a limited number of crematoriums as the mortality rate was low. Cremations have increased because of coronavirus infections, old age, and other health ailments. People have had to wait for 8-12 hours in a queue to cremate COVID patients. 

This is happening in Gujarat for the last 1 week. In Surat, Gujarat around 25 bodies were cremated simultaneously on wood pyres at night. Officials said, Hindus generally do not cremate the dead after sunset but because of the coronavirus, crematoriums are full and there are long queues. 

This is why 25 people were cremated simultaneously. Gujarat authorities have reopened defunct facilities to cremate the increasing number of dead in the state. Metal pyres that utilise less wood have been installed to speeden the cremation process by generating more heat. Another incident was reported in Chhattisgarh. 

A garbage truck which did not contain any trash, was used to ferry the bodies of patients who died of COVID-19 to the crematorium. How shocking! The workers were wearing PPE suits and transporting the bodies. The shocking incident is because of shortage of ambulance amidst the spike in cases.

Gujarat Student Fakes COVID to Skip Exams

 

The News Cover: In Ahmedabad, Gujarat, there is a school named Udgam School. There was a female student who had played a weird prank. The student was very stressed over the offline exams as she was not at all prepared. All this while during the online classes, she could copy and had a lot of freedom. 

Being very afraid of offline exams she posted a message on various WhatsApp groups. In the message she said, many of the students in Udgam school have tested positive for COVID-19 after appearing for the offline exams. The message went viral and parents were shocked. They refused to send their children to school for the offline exams. On investigation, it was found that all the students were fine. 

After further digging, the message was traced to the female student. The student confessed and said she did it out of fear as she wanted to avoid offline exams. She had a gala time at home. During online classes she would minimize the screen, and have fun. The offline exams caused her anxiety as she wasn't prepared. 

This is why she spread the message. The student apologised and the school did not file a police complaint. The school refrained from filing a complaint and let her off with a warning. Hvovi Bhagwagar is a counselling psychologist. She said that this is not the first time. There are many such cases among students and Young Adults. Everyone were very comfortable with online classes. 

They would come up with multiple ways to enjoy while attending the online classes. But transitioning to offline classes made many uncomfortable. There have been many incidents about such pranks. Let me tell you. In February, 2021, a passenger was sitting in the flight. A person next to him was recording a video on the sly. 

The passenger suddenly started shouting about him being COVID+ and created a scene. The other person recorded the entire incident to go viral on social media for publicity. Even in Moscow, Russia, a person pretended to collapse due to COVID-19. This was a prank and he intended to go viral. The police arrested him and imprisoned him for 5 years.