Friday, May 15, 2020

A faux pas at Government Hospital


A faux pas at Government Hospital

15/05/2020, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,DINDIGUL

A view of the Government Hospital in Dindigul where a goof-up took place on Thursday. G. Karthikeyan

Uneasy calm prevailed in the Government Hospital here on Thursday for about two hours when a patient who tested positive for coronavirus left the premises following a faux pas.

Officials said a group of men went to Koyambedu last week. They were returning in a lorry. When the lorry approached Tiruchi, the police stopped them and did not permit them to go beyond the point.

Not in a mood to stay there, two men chose to walk towards Dindigul. On reaching Nilakottai, they were caught and kept in an isolation centre at government arts college campus three days ago.

Their samples were sent to Dindigul and they were kept under surveillance at the isolation centre. When the authorities directed them to come to the GH, a 44-year-old man from Singarakottai near here was reportedly told that he tested negative. Doctors realised after a while that the man had indeed tested positive. But the man left the premises by then.

Joint Director (Health) Poongothai alerted the police immediately and the man was spotted half an hour later walking near Begumpur. He was once again brought back to the hospital in 108 ambulance. The doctors and police heaved a sigh of relief.

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