Covid-19 patient who underwent abortion discharged from KIMS

Hubballi: A pregnant woman who was undergoing treatment at the Covid-19 ward at the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) was discharged on Saturday evening. She had been admitted to KIMS with symptoms of severe acute respiratory illness ( SARI ).

The 23-year-old woman was pregnant five months when she was confirmed infected on May 3.

She subsequently had the baby aborted following severe complications. Doctors, nurses and other staff at KIMS gave her a warm send-off. KIMS medical superintendent Dr Arunkumar C, director Dr Ramalingappa Antartani and Dharwad deputy commissioner Deepa Cholan were present when the patient was discharged.

The doctors, nurses, paramedical staff of the Covid ward gave her a warm send-off, as she stepped out of the ward, the doctors, staff clapped and cheered her up.

The patient also expressed her gratitude to the doctors and staff of KIMS, where she had been a resident patient for 20 days. In addition to testing negative for the novel coronavirus, her chest X-ray showed no signs of the infection.

Dharwad zilla panchayat chief executive officer BC Satish, HDMC commissioner Suresh Itnal were among those who bid her adieu.