MUMBAI: Ten more healthcare workers from Bhatia Hospital in Tardeo tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, taking the in-house infections count to 35. A radiologist from Bombay Hospital, too, tested positive.
Bhatia rose to second on the list of affected healthcare facilities in the city after Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai Central, where 52 staffers had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Overall, 137 healthcare personnel from various hospitals and clinics have tested positive so far, almost 8% of the total cases in the city.
Wockhardt Hospital completed its 14-day containment period and the BMC gave it the go-ahead to resume operations. It is now one of six dedicated Covid-19 facilities for critical patients.
Municipal sources said the hospital communicated to the BMC that some staffers had tendered their resignation. Several nurses had alleged inappropriate handling of the situation after the first positive test of a patient for Covid-19.
The five other dedicated Covid-19 facilities are Nanavati in Vile Parle, St George in CSMT, Saifee in Charni Road, Hinduhrudaysamrat Bal Thackeray Trauma Care Hospital in Jogeshwari and SevenHills in Marol.
Jaslok Hospital on Pedder Road, placed under containment protocol after 21 staffers tested positive, resumed functioning partially. The hospital said it would begin full-fledged operations in a few days.
Additional municipal commissioner Suresh Kakani said facilities were classified into three categories. Covid-care centres would admit asymptomatic positive people. Kakani said 12,000 beds were available here.
Dedicated Covid health centres had 2,500 beds and would admit patients with mild to moderate symptoms.
Dedicated Covid hospitals, such as Wockhardt, would cater to critical cases.
Officials said no cases had been found in Breach Candy, which was running minimal services. At least a dozen nursing homes continued to remain shut.
Bhatia rose to second on the list of affected healthcare facilities in the city after Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai Central, where 52 staffers had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Overall, 137 healthcare personnel from various hospitals and clinics have tested positive so far, almost 8% of the total cases in the city.
Wockhardt Hospital completed its 14-day containment period and the BMC gave it the go-ahead to resume operations. It is now one of six dedicated Covid-19 facilities for critical patients.
Municipal sources said the hospital communicated to the BMC that some staffers had tendered their resignation. Several nurses had alleged inappropriate handling of the situation after the first positive test of a patient for Covid-19.
The five other dedicated Covid-19 facilities are Nanavati in Vile Parle, St George in CSMT, Saifee in Charni Road, Hinduhrudaysamrat Bal Thackeray Trauma Care Hospital in Jogeshwari and SevenHills in Marol.
Jaslok Hospital on Pedder Road, placed under containment protocol after 21 staffers tested positive, resumed functioning partially. The hospital said it would begin full-fledged operations in a few days.
Additional municipal commissioner Suresh Kakani said facilities were classified into three categories. Covid-care centres would admit asymptomatic positive people. Kakani said 12,000 beds were available here.
Dedicated Covid health centres had 2,500 beds and would admit patients with mild to moderate symptoms.
Dedicated Covid hospitals, such as Wockhardt, would cater to critical cases.
Officials said no cases had been found in Breach Candy, which was running minimal services. At least a dozen nursing homes continued to remain shut.
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