Jhansi gynaecologist begins practice breaking quarantine - Entire nursing home sealed; staff, patients quarantined
Jhansi: On account of a leading gynaecologist in the city breaking the quarantine protocol and begining her practice including surgeries, recently, the entire nursing home owned by the doctor has been sealed and a lock down initiated.
The authorities took the action, after coming to know that the lady doctor had recently returned from the US and without following the quarantine protocol mandatory for foreign return citizens had resumed her practice of seeing patients including operations. One of her operated patients also began showing symptoms of coronavirus.
As per media reports, the nursing home in question is a prominent medical institution in Jhansi that is run by the gynecologist as well as her husband who is a heart specialist.
As per chief medical officer of Jhansi Dr GK Nigam, who initiated the action, the gynaecologist had a few days ago returned from the US, but without going into 14-day self-quarantine, she started taking up cases. She even performed an operation a couple of days ago and the patient had developed corona-like symptoms, reports TOI.
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