Coronavirus: 113 suspects admitted in GMCH, IGGMCH
| Date :31-Mar-2020 |
Principal Correspondent :
Nagpur registers two more positive cases
It was being said, children are not that prone to coronavirus, but on Sunday one 11-year-old girl in Nagpur tested positive and on Monday one 14-year-old boy, too, tested positive. On Monday, two more tested positive including the 14-year-old boy, son of the person who is paralytic and admitted in Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) three days ago and his 44-year-old wife. All three positive are right now under treatment in GMCH. The total coronavirus positive cases reached 16 in city. With four already getting discharged, the current coronavirus positive being treated are 12. Out of these 12, nine are quarantined in Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital (IGGMCH) while three are in GMCH. On Sunday, three persons including one 11-year-old girl in Nagpur tested positive for coronavirus. Around 30 samples were sent to the laboratory at IGGMCH.
Out of those samples, two tested positive and reports were released in the wee hours of Monday. These two samples include one of the wife of the one who is paralytic and under treatment at GMCH and his 14-year-old son. Meanwhile, the coronavirus suspects are queuing-up in GMCH as well as IGGMCH. In GMCH, there are 68 coronavirus suspects while in IGGMCH the number of suspects is 45. A total of 113 suspects are admitted in both the hospitals. On Sunday afternoon, when the news of the positive in Empress City circulated in city, people from Empress City thronged GMCH to get their samples tested. Till now over 25 persons from Empress City have reached and got themselves admitted. The administration is working day and night to search the close contacts of first coronavirus positive, the one residing in Khamla, Jaripatka and Empress City. Every house is being surveyed by the civic administration, history of the family members is being taken. Similarly, officials and health workers reached Empress City to check the close contacts of the 44- year-old male, a resident of Empress City who tested positive.
Chandrapur patient dies of pneumonia, COVID-19 report awaited A 55-YEAR-OLD person from Chandrapur who had pneumonia died on Monday in Nagpur. His sample has been sent to Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital (IGGMCH) and report is awaited. As per information, the person was under treatment at a renowned private hospital at Ramdaspeth as he was suffering from pneumonia. Sources said, his condition deteriorated and private hospital recommended his relatives to shift him to IGGMCH. Immediately after reaching there, the patient died. As per new guidelines about coronavirus, pneumonia patient is considered as fit case for coronavirus so his sample was sent to laboratory. One doctor at IGGMCH on condition of anonymity said, “As per rule, if such patient is identified in private hospital, that hospital should not send patient to Government hospital but should get the sample examined. If he or she tests positive then the one can be shifted to Government hospital.”
Hiding info proves costly; doctors, nurses quarantined in GMCH THE patient admitted for his complaint of paralysis in GMCH and who is brother of the Jaripatka resident who tested positive has hidden the information about his coronavirus connection. This has proved costly as doctors, nurses, attendants in GMCH who treated him, have been brought under quarantine. This fellow did a lot of mess when admitted. According to information available with this newspaper, he had gone to one private hospital in Jaripatka, the doctor there was aware of the patient’s history. So he refused to admit him. This patient came to GMCH where he hid the information about him showing coronavirus symptoms. Had he informed the doctors, different modalities could have applied and so much medical staff would not have affected. Now that his tests have come positive, one lecturer, five Residents, one Chief Medical Officer (CMO), two Interns, eight nurses, four attendants, one ECG technician have been brought under quarantine. This has proved costly to the Government machinery when Government hospitals are already facing staff crunch.