AMC to provide Remdesivir to patients in home isolations through AHNA

Sabarmati: Amdavad Municipal Corporation is distributing Remdesivir injections to all eligible COVID patients. AMC has decided to supply these injections to all eligible patients in any hospital of Ahmedabad. AMC will also be issuing Remdesivir injections to Covid positive patients in home isolation through hospitals and Ahmedabad Hospitals and Nursing Association, so that it can be administered under supervision of registered medical practitioners.

Till 15th April 36,106 vials have been distributed to requisitioned private hospitals and nursing homes by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.

Following arrangements have been made to supply Remdesivir to Covid patients in different set-ups.

1. All the designated Covid hospitals, Dedicated Covid Health Centres (Nursing Homes) and Covid care centres will get doorstep delivery.

2. All the home isolation patients being taken care by Registered Medical Practitioners of AHNA will get through AHNA.

3. All the private hospitals having valid C-Form (Except mentioned in category-1) have to send their request to mail id given below in prescribed format (attached) and below given supporting documents. (Mail id-remdesivir.tossilamc@gmail.com)

 

These hospitals have to attach following documents with prescribed format (in pdf format only).

I. Self-attested scanned copy of C-form

II. Self-attested scanned copy Rt-PCR report of all the patients mentioned in prescribed format

III. Self-attested scanned copy of Identity card of employee coming for collection.

Hospitals have to send their representative to collect the approved doses ONLY AFTER receiving confirmation mail from AMC at given time and date only. Hospital representative coming without sufficient documents, without receiving confirmation, and individual
patients are requested to not to come for collection.

Distribution Centre- Atrium, SVP Hospital, Ellisbridge. The distribution is subjected to stock received from GMSCL. The hospital mentioned in category-3 has to come at above address at given time and date (received in confirmation mail) with format given below.

To augment supplies of Remdesivir we have decided to issue to all hospitals in @AmdavadAMC
treating #COVID patients.Detailed modality being declared.Remdesivir will also be issued for home isolation patients through hospitals(with AHNA)under whose home care they are being treated pic.twitter.com/y35zwqodFK

— Dr Rajiv Kumar Gupta (@drrajivguptaias) April 15, 2021