Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has declared Wockhardt Hospital a containment zone after 26 nurses and three doctors tested positive for the coronavirus, Times of India reported. The administration has reportedly sealed entry and exit from hospital until all patients test negative twice consecutively. The publication also quoted Additional municipal commissioner Suresh Kakani saying it was unfortunate that such a large number of cases emerged from a medical facility and that more precautions should have been taken. The staff are all being subject to tests.
"We have declared Wockhardt Hospital as a containment zone and have removed 30 doctors and nurses from there. We have shifted these COVID-19 suspected cases to the Seven Hills Hospital in Mumbai, where further tests will be carried out," said Vijay Khabale-Patil, chief public relations officer at BMC, reported Livemint.
Maharashtra on Sunday recorded 113 fresh cases of COVID-19, taking the total number of such people to 748 in the state. Simultaneously, the death toll due to coronavirus rose to 45 with 13 more people succumbing to the infection. "Maharashtra today reported 113 positive cases, taking the total tally to 748," a health official told PTI. Of the 113 new cases, 81 are from Mumbai, 18 from Pune, 4 from Aurangabad, 3 from Ahmednagar, two from Kalyan-Dombivli and Thane, one each from Osmanabad and Vasai. Another cases is from neighbouring Gujarat state, as the infected person is undergoing treatment n Maharashtra. "The minimum age of the 13 new victims is 52 years. All the deceased had pre-existing ailments such as diabetes or hypertension. One patient who was HIV positive died in Mumbai's Kasturba Hospital," the official said.
Amid the coronavirus outbreak, resident doctors of the Government Medical College and Hospital in Maharashtra staged a protest demanding personal protective equipment and N95 surgical masks for their own safety. Two patients and a staff member of the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) have so far tested positive for coronavirus at the medical facility. The resident doctors protested outside the office of the GMCH dean on Sunday and said the personal protective equipment (PPE) and N95 masks were essential for doctors deployed in emergency health services. They submitted a memorandum to the dean, saying they would stay quarantined in their hostels if the safety equipment are not provided. "Even after some patients tested positive for coronavirus, the doctors treating them in emergency wards were not provided these safety equipment," Mahrashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) Aurangabad unit president Dr Amir Tadvi told PTI.
