12 medical staff of MKCG Medical College and Hospital (MCH), including 04 anesthesiologists and 08 nurses, tested positive for Covid-19 on 08 June, prompting allegations that precautionary measures are not being taken for healthcare providers who are particularly vulnerable to the disease.
According to media reports, a patient was operated upon at the surgery department of the MCH on May 31. Few days later, the patient was detected positive.
As per the protocol, the doctors and nurses who came in contact with him were also examined and 12 of them tested positive.
Earlier on June 5, two doctors, as many nurses and a technician of City Hospital at Berhampur were admitted to Covid-19 hospital. Official sources, though, have still not confirmed if they tested positive for coronavirus.
MKCG MCH Superintendent Dr Santosh Kumar Mishra refused to reveal if the 12 health staff including doctors have been affected by coronavirus but said all of them have been kept at the isolation ward of the hospital.
Urging people and health workers not to panic, Mishra said all possible measures are being taken to prevent transmission of the disease.
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