GUWAHATI: The Assam government has declared the staff quarters of Dr B Barooah Cancer Hospital (BBCI) and hostel no. 1 and 5 of GMCH in Guwahati as containment zones.
This was done after four new cases were reported in the city on May 7.
One of the patients, 16-year-old Dipika Nath, had visited BBCI to live with her grandmother who works in the hospital and stays in the staff quarters located within the premises of the institute.
Dr. Likhitesh DS, a post-graduate of Medicine Department of GMCH, who was on screening duty since 4th May had tested positive last night. He is from southern Indian. As he resides in Hostel no. 1 and has visited hostel no. 5 a couple of times, both have been declared as containment zones.
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He also participated in a workshop on 30th April.
As such, many doctors along with the superintendent and other workers of third and fourth grades have been quarantined - in total, 388 people.
Their tests have been taken as priority and the results will be declared by midnight.
"We have requested many private hospitals of Delhi to help with testing of all health workers of GMCH who were taking care of coronavirus patients. There will be more than 1500 samples so these private hospitals have been asked to help," said health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in a press conference held today.
Coming back to the patients, the other two Covid-19 positives are Boroda Das of Kharghuli and Devraj Acharjee.
Das was residing with her daughter near Anuradha Cinema Hall, but returned to Kharghuli on 6th May. After showing symptoms of COVID-19 she was admitted to MMCH, from where she was referred to GMCH. Her family has been kept under quarantine.
Devraj Acharjee, on the other hand, is a patient in Guwahati with travel history. Hailing from Madanpur near Baihata Chariali, he went to Medinapur in Siliguri and returned on 6th May. He came directly to the Sarusajai stadium via Srirampur with two more people. The other two tested negative. Devraj is admitted at MMCH and the other two are hospitalized at Dadara Modal Hospital for quarantine.