ghaziabad the health department has taken over a ghaziabad development authority gda highrise apartment to accommodate medical personnel who are coming from adjoining districts like hapur bulandshahr and delhi among othersaccording to the officials the need to provide accommodation arose after the medical staff complained of facing inconvenience while commuting to ghaziabad from other districtson friday a 38yearold health worker posted at the mmg district hospital and involved in carrying out a doortodoor survey to identify covid19 patients was allegedly thrashed by a police team outside his home in hapurs pilkhuwa while he was on his way to the officeon the same day hapur district magistrate aditi singh in an official order had objected to the interdistrict movement of medical staffdespite the lockdown six persons who had come from abroad or other states have tested positive in the district it has also come to the notice that several people from the district who are associated with essential services are going to gautam budh nagar meerut and ghaziabad among others even as several hotspots places where positive cases have been found have been declared and sealed such interdistrict movement will have an unfavourable effect on the steps being taken to control the global pandemic the order statedthe hapur dm had banned all such movement and cancelled passes issued for the movement she had also urged the administration of other districts to make arrangements for their staychief medical officer dr nk gupta told toi that around 30 medical staff come to ghaziabad from other districts and now arrangements for their stay have been made at chandrashila apartment located near sihani gate police stationas many as 28 flats have been acquired for this purpose and around 80 people can be accommodated here gda will make arrangements for their stay as well as food supplies health workers are at high risk and staying away from the family is the right thing to do in order to avoid the spread of the virus gupta added