Hosp asks +ve pregnant woman to leave, go home on her own

Ludhiana: A four-month pregnant corona positive woman was suddenly asked to leave by the civil hospital and go home on her own. Entire family of the woman was home quarantined, but her husband had to leave the house to get his wife back home who had to wait at the gate of the civil hospital for over an hour.
On Saturday, the sister-in-law of the woman tweeted to Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh about it. Speaking with The Times of India on phone, the 21-year-old resident of Kohara said her sister-in-law (brother’s wife) had tested positive for Covid-19 on July 24. Two days later, they were approached by the health department and she was shifted to Ludhiana civil hospital and their entire family was home quarantined despite all of them testing negative.
She added, “On August 1, my sister-in-law called up my brother, saying the hospital staff had asked her and three other positive women in the ward to leave and go home. She was standing at the gate of the hospital when she called. Since we all were under home quarantine, we were unable to pick her up from there. As she was pregnant, she was scared to use public transport. Therefore, I called 104 Covid helpline and was given contacts of some officials. I talked to all of them, but no one helped us. Thereafter, my brother went and brought his wife home. Now, she is under home isolation.”
“I tweeted this to CM Captain Amarinder Singh to highlight how irresponsible the officials are. If a corona positive person breaks isolation, a case is registered, but no action is taken when health staffers ask a patient to reach home on her own. Is this the way our health officials are trying to stop the spread of coronavirus?” she fumed.
Despite repeated attempts, chief medical officer Rajesh Bagga could not be contacted.