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Home / News / India News / Coronavirus: Delhi's Hindu Rao Hospital closed after nurse tests positive
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    Coronavirus: Delhi's Hindu Rao Hospital closed after nurse tests positive

    Siddhant Pandey
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    Siddhant Pandey
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    Last updated on Apr 26, 2020, 11:48 am
    Coronavirus: Delhi's Hindu Rao Hospital closed after nurse tests positive
  • A civic hospital in North Delhi was closed on Saturday after a nurse tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

    The nurse reportedly worked at various locations within the campus of the Hindu Rao Hospital, run by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC).

    The hospital will now remain sealed until it is sanitized and contact tracing is complete.

    Here are more details.

  • In this article
    Definite negligence involved, says NDMC Commissioner Nurse had fever; still asked to come to work DBC workers tested at Hindu Rao Hospital on Saturday In Delhi, over 100 healthcare workers are coronavirus-positive Delhi reports 2,625 cases, 54 deaths
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    Definite negligence involved, says NDMC Commissioner

    Definite negligence involved, says NDMC Commissioner
  • NDMC Commissioner Varsha Joshi told PTI the nurse tested positive late-Saturday.

    Joshi said the nurse had been on duty at Hindu Rao Hospital for the last two weeks.

    "There appears to be definite negligence at some level," Joshi said, adding that an inquiry will be launched.

    She added that appropriate arrangements will be made for patients currently admitted to the hospital's gynecology ward.

  • Information

    Nurse had fever; still asked to come to work

  • Senior NDMC officials told Hindustan Times that the nurse had developed a fever about a week ago, however, she was still called for duty. "She met so many doctors and nurses in between at the hospital, all will have to be quarantined," an official said.

  • Other developments

    DBC workers tested at Hindu Rao Hospital on Saturday

    DBC workers tested at Hindu Rao Hospital on Saturday
  • NDMC officials also told PTI that a Domestic Breeding Checker (DBC) worker's test report was "contradictory," hence, many workers were re-tested at Hindu Rao Hospital on Saturday. Their results are expected on Sunday.

    On Saturday, the NDMC also issued orders and standard operating procedures to all staff members on how suspected positive cases or quarantined cases are to be looked after.

  • Information

    In Delhi, over 100 healthcare workers are coronavirus-positive

  • Over 100 healthcare workers have tested positive in Delhi. On Saturday, a hospital attendant at Delhi's AIIMS tested positive. Around 60 healthcare workers are quarantined at the hospital, while 25 healthcare workers are quarantined at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital, The Indian Express reported.

  • Outbreak

    Delhi reports 2,625 cases, 54 deaths

    Delhi reports 2,625 cases, 54 deaths
  • Till Saturday, Delhi had reported 2,625 COVID-19 cases, including 54 deaths, 1,702 active cases, and 869 recoveries.

    According to the latest update from the Union Health Ministry, by 8 am on Sunday, India had reported a total of 26,496 COVID-19 cases.

    These included 824 deaths and 19,868 active cases, along with 5,803 recoveries and one patient who migrated out of India.

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