Nurse at Delhi Hospital Tests Positive for Coronavrius, Facility Closed Down

A nurse at a civic hospital in north Delhi tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday, following which the facility has been closed down, officials said.

The Hindu Rao Hospital run by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation, has been temporarily shut for sanitisation and contact tracing, they said.

The absolute number of coronavirus cases in the national capital on Saturday rose to 2625, with 111 new cases and one new demise being accounted for in a day, as per the Delhi government specialists. 

"Late Saturday evening, a medical attendant on the job in Hindu Rao Hospital, was discovered positive for COVID-19. Since she has been on the job in different areas inside the grounds in the course of the most recent fourteen days, we are shutting down the emergency clinic till we completely sterilize and complete contact following,"



NDMC Commissioner Varsha Joshi said. 

Just a few patients are conceded right now in gynecology ward, and proper plans will be made for them, she said.

"There appears to be definite negligence at some level here," she said, adding, "we will have a thorough inquiry into this aspect".

Meanwhile, NDMC officials said a DBC worker's test report has come contradictory, so on Saturday many workers have been re-tested at Hindu Rao Hospital, and results will come on Sunday.

These people are staying at a community hall in Tikona Park area, and chose not to go home till their test results come out, they said.

Also, on Saturday, orders and standard operating procedures were issued by the NDMC for all staff members on how suspected positive cases or quarantined cases are to be looked after.