Two senior citizens die, 50 other test Covid positive at Taloja old age home

14 admitted to MGM Hospital, others isolated in old age home itself

Two senior citizens died while at least 50 others were found positive of COVID-19 at Paramshantidham Vridhasram Trust in Taloja. Fourteen of them have been admitted to MGM Hospital in Kamothe while others have been isolated at the old age home itself. A total of 61 senior citizens and others member of the Ashram were residing there.

A random test of RT-PCR was conducted on Saturday after two senior citizens above 70 years died. The report that came on Monday night found that more than 50 persons in the Old Age Home were COVID positive. “We have shifted 14 senior citizens to MGM Hospital in Kamothe and they are on

oxygen,” said an official from the Panvel Municipal

Corporation (PMC).

The Old Age Home which is located in the Taloja MIDC area houses senior citizens. A senior member of the Old Age Home told FPJ that the two senior citizens who died of COVID infection were living there since 1995 and 2008. “Most of the senior citizens are living here for a long time and last year, we had ensured that no one would be infected,” said the member, adding that despite all precautions, most of the members were infected.

A senior official from PMC said that the whole Old Age Home has been disinfected, and a team of doctors have been sent to monitor senior citizens who have been isolated in the Ashram.

The whole Old Age Home has been disinfected, and a team of doctors have been sent to monitor senior citizens who have been isolated in the Ashram. - A SENIOR OFFICIAL FROM PMC