3 Dang nurses hide travel details, booked

TNN | Apr 26, 2020, 04:00 IST

Surat: Three nurses from Dang and their three relatives were booked on Saturday for allegedly hiding their travel details from Surat.
Of the three nurses, one of them had tested positive after coming to Dang, the first case in the tribal district. The 19-year-old nurse and her colleague, who worked in Surat’s Kiran Hospital, had returned to their native villages on April 13. They both had applied for job at a government hospital in Ahwa, the headquarter of Dang, and were immediately recruited.
However, the 19-year-old tested positive for Covid-19 on April 22. She and her colleague had not revealed to the authorities about their Surat travel and the fact that several staffers of Kiran Hospital had also tested positive.
The complaint was lodged against them in Subir police station.
In a separate case, a 22-year-old nurse working with Rhythm Hospital in Surat city, who had returned to her native village Savarda in Subir taluka on April 14, was also booked. Police said they received a call from some unknown persons about her travel history.
Two others who had dropped them to Ahwa and returned to Surat were also booked under the relevant sections and Disaster Management Act, 2005.