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Fifteen doctors and paramedic staff on Saturday have tested positive for coronavirus at the Nishtar Hospital in Multan.
The hospital spokesperson told the media today afternoon, 15 doctors and paramedics treating COVID-19 patients have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus.
The tests were being done to ascertain whether any other doctors or medical staff had the virus, spokesperson added.
"The doctors tested positive had treated a patient with a heart disease who passed away and tested positive for the virus afterwards," the spokesperson added.
A day earlier, Punjab's Primary and Secondary Health Care department on Friday confirmed that two doctors involved in the battle against COVID-19 have been tested positive for the disease.
According to the spokesperson of the department, the doctors were performing their duties at the quarantine centre in Dera Ghazi Khan when they contracted the disease.
Both the doctors are out of danger, however, they have been kept in isolation for the safety of other people, said the department.
Source: https://onlineindus.com/english/Multan:-15-Doctors,-paramedics-treating-COVID-19-patients-test-positive-for-virus/37897
The hospital spokesperson told the media today afternoon, 15 doctors and paramedics treating COVID-19 patients have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus.
The tests were being done to ascertain whether any other doctors or medical staff had the virus, spokesperson added.
"The doctors tested positive had treated a patient with a heart disease who passed away and tested positive for the virus afterwards," the spokesperson added.
A day earlier, Punjab's Primary and Secondary Health Care department on Friday confirmed that two doctors involved in the battle against COVID-19 have been tested positive for the disease.
According to the spokesperson of the department, the doctors were performing their duties at the quarantine centre in Dera Ghazi Khan when they contracted the disease.
Both the doctors are out of danger, however, they have been kept in isolation for the safety of other people, said the department.
Source: https://onlineindus.com/english/Multan:-15-Doctors,-paramedics-treating-COVID-19-patients-test-positive-for-virus/37897
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