Anaesthetist tests positive in KZN

AN ANAESTHETIST at the JMH Isipingo Hospital and a health-care practitioner at the Hibiscus Hospital in Port Shepstone have tested positive for the coronavirus.

On Friday, 11 confirmed Covid-19 cases were reported at St Augustine’s Hospital in Durban.

JMH Isipingo Hospital group general manager Vishnu Rampartab confirmed that an anaesthetist had tested positive for Covid-19 on March 27, and placed in isolation.

He said the hospital had reported the case to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD).

“In accordance with the guidelines stipulated by the NICD, all staff, doctors and patients, as well as family members who might have come into contact with the doctor, were immediately informed to self-isolate. |