Kerala Monkeypox case: Alleged lapses in Diagnosis, contact tracing
Thiruvananthapuram: The District Medical Officer has denied the allegation of not informing the district health administration about a recent monkeypox case diagnosed in a resident of Kollam which is considered India's first case ever.
The NS hospital claimed that they had informed the DMO about the situation after the hospital suspected the patient of having monkeypox.
Medical Dialogues team had reported about the incident where the sample of suspected case sent to NIV, Pune turned positive. The patient arrived from the UAE on July 12.
When he developed the symptoms he was taken to a hospital at Kollam and from there he was shifted to the Trivandrum Medical College hospital where he is under close observation.
The patient, however, went to the private hospital through an autorickshaw. Meanwhile, the patient later left for the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital by taxi after the DMO asked the hospital staff to refer him to MCH. The patient also denied using the hospital's ambulance, Collector Afsana Parveen told TH.
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