Amidst rapid increase in Coronavirus infections in the State capital, in a major goof up, authorities allegedly allowed quarantined eight members of two families to go home without waiting for their test reports.
Later, the next day when their tests reports were received and it was found that five of them were positive, the administration in a tizzy searched for the positive members of the family. The incident was reported from Nawab Colony in Ashoka Garden area of Old city Bhopal.Two families reside in a rented premise in Nawab Colony and the owner of the building, a school van driver, had tested positive for covid19. The man initially had reported cough-cold and was admitted to Shakir Ali hospital and later was shifted to government Hamidia hospital where the physicians advised covid19 test.
After the man tested positive, he was referred to Chirayu hospital and those living in his building were quarantined in a government facility.The eight members of these two families were sent back home on Wednesday by the officials at the quarantine facility and on Thursday they received phone calls that they have been tested positive for covid19.
Then these persons were admitted to Chirayu hospital. These include a media person whose family of five has been tested positive including a five-year-old daughter.These families had alleged that they were returned to home simply by officers at the quarantine facility as they did not exhibit any suspected symptoms.Talking to The Pioneer, Chief Medical and Health Officer Bhopal Dr Prabhakar Tiwari claimed that persons concerned were not released causally from quarantine and were advised to remain in home quarantine. He claimed that this was done due to limited space available in the quarantine facility.
The physician also rejected reports that over 350 corona virus samples have failed and the persons concerned haven’t been informed about this. We are continuously carrying out tests in the city, Dr Tiwari added.
The number of fresh positive cases were 37 on Friday including two who had died in Bhopal. The total positive cases rose to 747 in the city by Friday including nine deaths.
Overall 78 have recovered from the disease in the city and 75 were expected to be discharged from two different hospitals on Friday late evening.