FIR against Kerala Doctor for allegedly creating panic over Coronavirus

Shinu had claimed, through a social media post, that she had lost her job after informing the government officials about a patient who visited the clinic with suspected symptoms of coronavirus infection.

She further claimed that the patient had come to the hospital without adopting precautions like wearing masks, and later, left for Qatar.

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The Kerala doctor further said that she had alerted the police, health authorities and informed the public about him through social media and television.

However, hospital authorities allegedly terminated her after the incident as they feared that the news of the visit of a coronavirus-suspect patient would affect the inflow of patients.

Claiming that she had not divulged the identity of the patient or the hospital, Shyamalan said: "My only anxiety was that samples should have been collected for tests before his departure to Qatar. Then we would have known whether he was infected or not."

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