2 doctors among 7 KGMU employees test positive

2 doctors among 7 KGMU employees test positive

Protocols Junked; City Tally 2,730

Vivek Singh Chauhan TNN

Lucknow: 15.07.2020

The city’s Covid-19 caseload touched 2,730 with seven front-line medical professionals including two doctors among 152 new patients reported on Tuesday.

All the seven medical professionals are from the radio diagnosis department of the King George’s Medical University (KGMU).

These health workers — two resident doctors, two nurses, a ward boy, a technician and a sanitary worker — are believed to have been infected by a Covid-19 patient who had come for cancer treatment.

The unit was sanitized and 18 staff members included six resident doctors and senior faculty member and 12 nurses and paramedics were home quarantined.

A total of 91 health workers have tested positive in the city so far, of which KGMU staff accounts for 41, including 16 resident doctors. The university has seen a surge in transmission rate in July with 20 employees contracting infection in the past 10 days.

A TOI reality check found that patients and their attendants as well as security guards on the campus were not following safety protocols.

Chief medical superintendent Prof SN Shankhwar said that security guards have been told not to allow entry without masks and ensure safety protocols among visitors.

Other cases included an employee of CMO Lucknow office and a sub-inspector at Thakurganj police station.

Of total cases reported in the city, 1,135 have recovered.

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