After three staffers, including a doctor, a nurse and a non-medical staff, of Max Hospital tested positive for Covid-19, the leading private hospital asked its 39 staff members, including doctors and nurses, to go on self-quarantine.
In a statement, Max Hospital at Saket claimed that there is “no chance” that these people have contracted the disease from the hospital. The number of coronavirus cases in Delhi on Monday stood at 1,510 with 24 deaths.
The hospital authorities on Monday in a statement said, “So far, three hospital staffers have tested positive a doctor, a nurse and one non-medical staff. All of them are recovering.”
Recently, two patients admitted for cardiac treatment at Max Hospital had tested positive for Covid-19. “Thirty-nine healthcare workers, who were contact traced, have been quarantined within a separate and isolated wing at Max Hospital, Saket,” it said.
All 39 individuals are asymptomatic and will be tested on the fifth day of exposure, which is April 14. “There are 154 employees deployed in shifts in the Covid ward of Max Hospital, Saket,” it said.
“None of these employees has had any exposure to the virus. They are working in shifts and are staying on the hospital premises to reduce any risk of infection to their families and neighbours,” the statement reads.
Meanwhile, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital also conducted Covid-19 tests on all 115 healthcare workers who were quarantined two weeks back.
“Out of 115, only three healthcare workers tested positive and rest 112 was tested negative for disease,” the hospital said in a statement.
Incidentally, as many as 114 health workers of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) were kept in quarantine following two of its patients recently testing positive for Covid-19.