17 medics at Hyderabad's NIMS hospital test positive for coronavirus
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17 medics at Hyderabad's NIMS hospital test positive for coronavirus

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Thirteen post-graduate doctors, one gynaecology professor and three healthcare workers at Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday. Seven post-graduates of Osmania Medical College, two of Gandhi Medical College, four of NIMS have also tested positive, taking the total number of doctors affected to 25 in government hospitals. This calls for mass screening of all healthcare workers as they are exposed and are asymptomatic carriers.” In Osmania General Hospital, all wards and the out-patient department are full as the other government hospital, Gandhi Hospital, is taking only Covid-19 patients. The Telangana Junior Doctors Association has approached health minister Etela Rajender and demanded mass screening, personal protection equipment, N 95 masks and sanitization facilities in government hospitals.

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