COVID-19 patient dies; Kalyan Nagar hospital sealed

The Bengaluru district administration on Saturday closed a prominent hospital located along the Outer Ring Road in Kalyan Nagar, East Bengaluru, after a patient died of Covid-19 there.

Dr G Srinivas, District Health Officer, (DHO) Bengaluru Urban, said a woman with severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) had come to North Bangalore Hospital on May 6. Before that, she had consulted doctors at a private clinic. She was hospitalised the same night and died the next day (on May 7). The body was shifted to CV Raman General Hospital the same day.

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According to the DHO, the hospital staff had got the swab samples taken by an unauthorised person and sent them to a private lab in Hyderabad although there are enough such facilities in Bengaluru. “We have lodged a complaint against him,” he told DH.

Seven doctors and 25 others have been identified as primary contacts of the patient. There are also 25-30 secondary contacts. These include doctors, nurses, Group ‘D’ staff and other patients. “Existing patients have been shifted and the hospital is being sealed,” the officer explained.

Dr H D R Ramakrishna, medical superintendent, CV Raman General Hospital, confirmed that his facility had received the body of a suspected Covid-19 death from the KG Halli police station limits but said he was unsure if it was related to this case.