NAGPUR: The news that the lockdown has been extended did not increase the palpitation among occupants of the shelter home at the NMC school, off Temple Road, in Sitabuldi. “We have no choice but to stay here,” said one of them, peeping out of the school’s entrance as the others agreed.
Initially, the situation was tense after one of the inmates, a 22-year old worker from Chhattisgarh, was taken for Covid-19 tests on Tuesday afternoon. But a late evening report stated that the patient was detected with only tuberculosis. The youth was sent back to the shelter home where the doctor said he will be initially kept in isolation and that tuberculosis is not as risky as covid-19. “His treatment will be started,” said medical officer, Dr Sarita Kamat.
Caretaker Rajesh Kundapawar, who witnessed symptoms like dry cough, fever and abdominal pain in the youth, had called the corona helpline and asked for an ambulance. The youth’s evacuation was cleared by the medical officer at the NMC clinic which is just opposite the school.
The youth, with already a frail structure, was living in one of the classrooms with six others. As the fear was evident, replies by his roommates had remained nonchalant. They admitted that the youth was coughing all night. None of them reported similar symptoms though.
Earlier, Dr Kamat had said that hopefully it may not be a case of Covid-19 because the patient was not experiencing difficulty while breathing. Her experience proved right and the patient was later detected with only tuberculosis.
“The youth was brought to the shelter home on April 5 from the railway station. He is from Ghaneli village in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh. Even there, he was under treatment at the primary health centre. He came down to Nagpur in a truck from his village and was found at the railway station,” said Kundapawar.
The youth had given his version of events. “I have no family. My siblings have died. There was no work at my village. I have been suffering from a cough as well as a stomach ache,” said the youth. Though he nodded on being asked if he had any trouble breathing, he was seen walking around with ease.
At the shelter home, occupants were often seen breaching social distancing norms. Inadvertently, they were coming within one metre of each other.
“We have maintained enough distance between two occupants. Some have been accommodated in the hall. We cannot keep a continuous vigil,” said Kundapawar.
The youth’s roommate, Rajesh Shivhare, said, “He was coughing at night, but he sleeps away from my bed.”
Another roommate, Ramesh Keshav, who is in his 50s, extended his hand and said, “He (the youth) sleeps this much away.”
Initially, the situation was tense after one of the inmates, a 22-year old worker from Chhattisgarh, was taken for Covid-19 tests on Tuesday afternoon. But a late evening report stated that the patient was detected with only tuberculosis. The youth was sent back to the shelter home where the doctor said he will be initially kept in isolation and that tuberculosis is not as risky as covid-19. “His treatment will be started,” said medical officer, Dr Sarita Kamat.
Caretaker Rajesh Kundapawar, who witnessed symptoms like dry cough, fever and abdominal pain in the youth, had called the corona helpline and asked for an ambulance. The youth’s evacuation was cleared by the medical officer at the NMC clinic which is just opposite the school.
The youth, with already a frail structure, was living in one of the classrooms with six others. As the fear was evident, replies by his roommates had remained nonchalant. They admitted that the youth was coughing all night. None of them reported similar symptoms though.
Earlier, Dr Kamat had said that hopefully it may not be a case of Covid-19 because the patient was not experiencing difficulty while breathing. Her experience proved right and the patient was later detected with only tuberculosis.
“The youth was brought to the shelter home on April 5 from the railway station. He is from Ghaneli village in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh. Even there, he was under treatment at the primary health centre. He came down to Nagpur in a truck from his village and was found at the railway station,” said Kundapawar.
The youth had given his version of events. “I have no family. My siblings have died. There was no work at my village. I have been suffering from a cough as well as a stomach ache,” said the youth. Though he nodded on being asked if he had any trouble breathing, he was seen walking around with ease.
At the shelter home, occupants were often seen breaching social distancing norms. Inadvertently, they were coming within one metre of each other.
“We have maintained enough distance between two occupants. Some have been accommodated in the hall. We cannot keep a continuous vigil,” said Kundapawar.
The youth’s roommate, Rajesh Shivhare, said, “He was coughing at night, but he sleeps away from my bed.”
Another roommate, Ramesh Keshav, who is in his 50s, extended his hand and said, “He (the youth) sleeps this much away.”
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