HYDERABAD, Apr 15 (NNN-ANI) – In a shocking incident, the attendant of a person with symptoms of COVID-19, attacked doctors at Osmania General Hospital and later fled with the patient.
Furthermore, after their escape, results showed the patient had tested positive for the disease, following which a police team tracked the two down and shifted them to another hospital on Tuesday.
Speaking about the incident, Dr Nagender, Superintendent of Osmania General Hospital, said, “Yesterday, a patient got admitted to Osmania General Hospital with a lung infection, he did not disclose his history to the doctors. On getting suspicions that the patient might be COVID-19 infected, the Osmania doctors took his samples for testing and sent them to the lab.
As his reports were awaited, he was shifted to the isolation centre of the hospital. “This morning, the patient’s attendant argued with a junior doctor and attacked him for keeping the patient in the isolation ward. Later, both the patient and the attendant fled from the hospital. The incident was reported to police, and then it was revealed that the patient’s sample had tested positive for COVID-19,” he added.
The police immediately set into action and traced the patient and his family members, including the attendant, and shifted them to Gandhi Hospital. DCP, East Zone, Hyderabad, Ramesh, told ANI over the phone.
With an increase of 52 cases, the count of COVID-19 positive cases reached 644 in Telangana, according to the State Health Department on Tuesday. This includes 18 deaths and 110 cured and discharged patients, as per the official data.– NNN-ANI
