MS GMC Baramulla says allegations baseless, doctor was put under quarantine on same day when his sample was taken
Baramulla: Fear and panic has gripped the residents of Baramulla district after a junior doctor posted at GMC tested positive for novel Corona-virus who is believed to have attended hundreds of patients even after his sample was collected for Covid-19 testing on Sunday afternoon.
Official sources told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that a junior doctor who tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday was working as per the routine roster at GMC Baramulla even after his sample was collected.
A health official posted at GMC Baramulla said that the said doctor was attending Covid-19 patients admitted in isolation ward and was also attending other patients on daily basis as per the routine roaster.
He claimed that the doctor has come in contact with many health workers and other hospital staff at GMC. “He was also offering joint prayers with the staff posted there.”
This has caused fear and panic among the health workers and other staff posted at GMC, fearing that they might have contracted the virus from the doctor.
Suhail Ahmad, a local resident who claimed to have visited district hospital Baramulla few days ago to donate the protection equipments told KNO that the doctor was rooming without wearing mask in the hospital premises and also attended hundreds of patients.
He said that the doctor was attending patients even after his report was received on Tuesday afternoon which came positive.
Meanwhile the officials said that doctors’ wife has also tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, thereby creating more fear among his contacts.
However the medical superintendent, GMC Baramulla, Dr. Syed Masood denied the allegations and said the doctor was not allowed to perform his duty after his sample was collected on Sunday.
“Rumours are being spread about the doctor that he has attended the patients after collection of sample are baseless. He was not allowed to work after his samples was collected instead was put under quarantine,” he said.
Dr, Masood said that over 50 contacts including some health workers have been put under quarantine so far—(KNO)