8 discharged but 2 dads still in hosp with +ve daughters

Anjaya Anparthi | TNN | Apr 28, 2020, 04:13 IST

Nagpur: Two persons, one each from Khamla and Jaripatka, have continued to stay with their daughters (who are still positive) at Covid-19 Isolation Ward of Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital (IGGMCH) despite they themselves having got rid of the disease and recommended for discharge 17 days ago. Meanwhile, eight other patients were discharged from IGGMCH and Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) on Monday.
These two fathers and their daughters have now completed a month at Isolation ward which is highest days so far for any patient in the district.
IGGMCH deputy medical superintendent Dr Sagar Pande said, “We will again take samples of two girls on Tuesday. They have continued to test positive. We took opinion of Mumbai expert Dr Om Shrivastav who suggested us to take samples after six days. He also suggested us to give multi-vitamin and zinc tablets to the two girls along with a lot of water for maintaining hydration,” he said.
The person from Khamla is manager in the shop of businessman and one from Jaripatka is the assistant. Businessman and manager had gone to New Delhi for purchasing goods and got infected. Businessman tested positive on March 25 and manager and assistant on March 26. Daughters of two persons tested positive on March 27. Three more members of assistant’s family also tested positive. Of 11 from this chain, seven have been discharged within 15 days.
On April 11, these two had tested negative and were recommended discharge. But since their minor daughters were still positive, they chose to stay in hospital. The two girls are also reportedly taking some ayurvedic medicines.
Six persons including four Jabalpur’s Tablighi Jamaatis (TJs), one resident each of Satranjipura and Kamptee were discharged from IGGMCH. Two girls from Satranjipura were discharged from GMCH.
Nagpur Markaz secretary Abdul Bari Patel said, “Three more Jabalpur TJs are likely to be discharged on Tuesday.”