4 medics of Bundi hosp infected due to negligence

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Kota:  13.07.2020

Alleged negligence by the principal medical officer of Bundi district government hospital of not isolating the medical staff of a ward where a woman tested Covid positive after death on Friday led to the doctor, two male nurses and a contractual computer operator getting infected on Sunday.

A 30-year-old woman of Kanti Astoli village, 5km from the district headquarters, was admitted to the medical ward of the district government hospital on Thursday. After her condition worsened, she was referred to MBS Hospital in Kota where she died during treatment at night.

Her swab samples, taken prior to her death, tested her Corona positive on Friday registering the first Covid death in the district.

Pincipal medical officer KC Meena and hospital authorities, ignoring Covid guidelines and health risks, allegedly did not allow the medical staff of the ward go on home isolation and forced them to work at the hospital.

The hospital authorities did not even bother to take samples of the medical staff, though some of them voluntarily gave their samples for tests. on Sunday, two male nurses agead around 35 years, a 35-year-old doctor and a 22-yearold contractual computer operator, all posted at Bundi district hospital and residents of various areas of the city, tested positive.