KOLKATA: At least 25 healthcare workers, including the nursing students attached with ID Hospital, Beliaghata, have tested positive for Covid-19.
The hospital officials said majority of them are asymptomatic and they are on home isolation. A few of them got admitted to the hospital and their conditions were stated to be stable.
Sources in the hospital said the healthcare workers, who have tested positive for the virus in the past few days, include nurses, pathologists, pharmacists and group D employees. None of them were reportedly not involved in the treatment of Covid patients. The nodal hospital for Covid-19 in the state has been treating corona patients since the first case had been reported in the state. Though healthcare workers’ getting infected with Covid-19 in various hospitals has become common, this is for the first time that so many healthcare workers tested positive in ID Hospital.
The hospital currently has more than 100 patients undergoing treatment in its Covid ward.
The hospital officials said majority of them are asymptomatic and they are on home isolation. A few of them got admitted to the hospital and their conditions were stated to be stable.
Sources in the hospital said the healthcare workers, who have tested positive for the virus in the past few days, include nurses, pathologists, pharmacists and group D employees. None of them were reportedly not involved in the treatment of Covid patients. The nodal hospital for Covid-19 in the state has been treating corona patients since the first case had been reported in the state. Though healthcare workers’ getting infected with Covid-19 in various hospitals has become common, this is for the first time that so many healthcare workers tested positive in ID Hospital.
The hospital currently has more than 100 patients undergoing treatment in its Covid ward.
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