RAJINDRA HOSPITAL MEDICAL SUPTD QUARANTINED

PATIALA: Government Rajindra Hospital’s medical superintendent Dr Paras Pandove was quarantined after a clerical member tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday.

Two Rajindra hospital staffers, including a nurse and clerk tested positive, on Sunday. After receiving the results, the district administration started tracing the contacts of Covid-19 positive patients and found that the clerk had met the medical superintendent.

Sixteen Rajindra hospital staffers have tested positive for Covid-19 so far.

District epidemiologist Dr Sumeet Singh said, “We have taken the medical superintendent’s sample for testing and have quarantined him.”

Earlier, authorities at Government Rajindra Hospital had said doctors and other staffers of will face disciplinary action if they contract coronavirus ‘due to their negligence’. The move came days after 13 staffers of the hospital were found positive for Covid-19.

kits, we were given cotton gowns. There is discrimination in everything. Threats are being given to deduct our salaries. Our annual leave has also been cancelled.”

Dr Parveen Sobti, director of the hospital, however, said the paramedical staff were being provided protective gears as per the direction of the ICMR. She said it was not yet clear whether the nurse came into contact with the virus in the hospital or outside.

REPORTING ON DUTY TODAY

The directors of medical colleges and civil surgeons shall ensure that the students are provided all necessary training, it added.

According to the order, the students have been asked to report to the civil surgeons concerned by June 22. If needed, the civil surgeons shall also ensure boarding and lodging arrangements for the students, the order said. Coronavirus cases in Haryana have risen sharply during the past three weeks, with Gurgaon and Faridabad accounting for majority of the cases as well as fatalities.