Two healthcare workers, including a gynaecologist of Bara Hindu Rao Hospital tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total workers infected of Covid- 19 in hospitals run by north Corporation to 15.
A senior Corporation official said that 10 healthcare staff in Hindu Rao and five in Kasturba have come positive. “All contact tracing is done and they have been sent on home quarantine. The hospital premises were sanitised,” he said.
The official further said that on the basis the negative reports of 46 staff received earlier, they have been asked to report back on duty. “They all were placed under home quarantine after one of the doctor at the hospital tested positive,” he said.
The national Capital has reported 5,980 cases of Covid-19, of which 1,931 people have been cured, but 66 lost their lives.
The 980-bed Hindu Rao is largest hospital run by the north Corporation. The hospital had to be closed for a day after the first Covid-19 case was reported on April 25.