80 per cent of positive cases at Gandhi Hospital asymptomatic: Etela Rajender

At Gandhi Hospital, over 80 per cent of patients who have tested positive for Covid-19 do not have symptoms making it difficult for hospital authorities to ensure patients remain confined to their wards.

“More than 80 per cent of patients at Gandhi Hospital do not have any symptoms and ensuring that they are confined to their beds or isolation wards is a challenge. They don’t have fever, cough or cold and that’s why they are confused and keep asking us why we have kept them in the hospital. That’s why we organised a counselling session for all the patients with senior doctors at Gandhi Hospital,” Health Minister Eatala Rajender



said here on Thursday. 

The Health Minister said a lot of effort has been done to ensure quality food is served to the patients at Gandhi Hospital. “Apart from quality food, we are also striving hard to maintain hygiene and provide basic amenities at Gandhi Hospital,” he said.

The Health Minister indicated that intensity of Covid-19 is less in rural areas compared to urban parts of the State. “We collected 400 samples from rural areas in the State out of which only six persons tested positive. When we picked up 800 samples from urban centres including Hyderabad, 50 persons tested positive,” the Minister pointed out.