Coronavirus: Mumbai's Wockhardt Hospital sealed after 26 nurses and 3 doctors test positive
The Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai’s Agripada was sealed on Monday after 26 nurses and three doctors tested positive for coronavirus. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had declared the hospital as a containment zone on Sunday.
FollowMumbai: Three doctors and 26 nurses have tested positive for novel coronavirus in Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai Central and the facility has been sealed off to prevent the spread of infection, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) health officials said on Monday.
Suresh Kakani, additional municipal commissioner (health), BMC, said they have sealed the hospital and the staffers are not allowed to go out until they test negative for a coronavirus test.
“It is the fault of the hospital administration that they didn’t take precautionary measures, due to which nearly 300 staffers have been quarantined. We have also set up a team to probe how the virus spread among so many people in a hospital setting,” he said.
The hospital has several employees from Kerala, which led a senior Congress leader from the southern state, Ramesh Chennithala, to tweet, "Called Maharashtra health minister Shri. Rajesh Tope ji @rajeshtope11 seeking urgent intervention to ensure safety of 40 Covid19 positive Malayalee nurses working @ a pvt hospital in Mumbai."
Chennithala is leader of opposition in the Kerala Assembly.
According to Hindustan Times, the COVID-19 positive nurses alleged that due to the negligence of the hospital, the infection spread to other staffers.
On March 20 two suspected and positive COVID-19 patients were brought to the hospital from Kasturba Gandhi Hospital. The confirmed cases were kept in isolation wards, while suspects were kept in general ICU wards where non-COVID-19 patients were also being provided care.
