UP: "Wrong'' COVID report delayed patient's surgery, kin alleges negligence

"My brother, parents, and I got tested at the hospital, which sends its samples to Chandan Speciality Lab in Lucknow. All three tested negative but the lab report showed me positive for COVID-19. I had absolutely no symptoms or problem so I decided to get tested again at another lab, which confirmed I was not infected and my report was negative," the woman, who works for a US-based multinational firm, told PTI.

But, she said due to the earlier wrong positive report by the lad, the hospital denied admitting her brother for the surgery, leaving him in "unbearable pain" for a fortnight and the family in "unnecessary trauma".

"The goof up by the private lab is traumatizing. My brother is in pain. My name has wrongly gone as a COVID-19 positive patient in the government''s database and my parents are worried. It''s sad that such a private lab has gone scot-free for a mistake that could be life altering for a family," she said.

When contacted, a representative of the private lab said, "We stick by our test report. Our lab is approved by the ICMR (Indian Council for Medical Research).

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