Three PG students test positive

Three PG students test positive

14/06/2020

Three postgraduate students of Thoothukudi Medical College Hospital have tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday.

Two postgraduate students attached to the Department of Anaesthesia and another one belonging to the Department of Surgery tested positive for the viral infection after they were part of the team of doctors who performed surgery on a patient admitted to the Emergency and Trauma Care ward.

“Since we can’t wait for the results of the samples drawn from the patients requiring emergency care, including surgery, we had to go in for surgical intervention on a patient admitted recently. As the patient tested positive for COVID-19 later, the three have caught the viral infection,” said sources. They have been admitted to the ward meant for COVID -19 positive doctors in Thoothukudi Medical College Hospital.

Meanwhile, Tirunelveli Corporation sealed a leading jewellery showroom on Saturday after six of its employees, including two women, tested positive for the viral infection. The screening was conducted on Friday after one of its employees tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.

The showroom will remain sealed till Monday as disinfection goes