Patients +ve, KGMU unit, 2 hosps shut for sanitization

Lucknow: Five doctors and nine nurses were among 18 health workers of three hospitals quarantined on Friday after patients they came into contact with tested positive to novel coronavirus infection. The three medical facilities have been partially closed for 24 hours for sanitization.

A three-year-old boy from Pilibhit suffering from blood cancer tested positive when he came for a chemotherapy session at KGMU.

“Six health workers, including three nurses, who came in contact with the boy have been quarantined and are being tested,” said KGMU spokesperson Dr Sudhir Singh.

A 50-year-old from Sultanpur undergoing heart treatment at a private hospital on Shaheed Path tested positive, following which four doctors and six nurses were quarantined.

Two health workers, including a doctor in a private hospital in Gomtinagar Extension were quarantined after a 45-year-old patient from Sant Kabir Nagar admitted for liver abscess tested positive.

A private diagnostic centre in Gomtinagar Extension has also been closed for 24 hours for sanitization as the patient underwent a CT scan here.

“A list of employees and technicians who came in contact with the patient has been sought for testing,” said CMO office spokesperson, Yogesh Raghuvanshi.

The patients of private hospitals have been shifted to SGPGI. Samples of health workers and family members of patients have been sent for testing, said CMO Dr Narendra Agarwal.