COVID-19: Fourth doctor tested positive for coronavirus in Delhi
India | April 01, 2020 17:45 ISTAnother doctor of a hospital in Delhi has been tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total count of doctors affected by the infection to four.
Another doctor of a hospital in Delhi has been tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total count of doctors affected by the infection to four.
The doctor, who worked at Delhi State Cancer Hospital was tested positive after his brother had returned from the United Kingdom. Earlier, two mohalla clinic doctors were also tested positive for coronavirus and their patients are being traced.
Almost 800 people who came in contact with COVID-19 infected doctor in Delhi has been quarantined. The doctor works at a Mohalla Clinic. His wife and daughter have also tested positive for coronavirus and admitted to a hospital. Delhi has so far 34 confirmed COVID-19 cases while 1 person has died.
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The doctor had some bottles filled with inflammable substance stuffed inside his shirt and tried to start the fire with a lighter, police said.
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Japan on Friday reported 41 new cases of a virus on a cruise ship that’s been quarantined in Yokohama harbor while the death toll in mainland China rose to 636, including a doctor who got in trouble with authorities in the communist country for sounding an early warning about the disease threat.
With rapid increase in Coronavirus cases worldwide, scientists are busy reasearching the treatment and the cure of this deadly infectious disease. The World Health Organisation has already declared the disease a global emergency, meanwhile, a doctor
In the wake of rising incidents of scuffles between patients' families and doctors at hospitals in Haryana, the state government decided to stringent steps for the security of the doctors.
Two resident doctors on Saturday were allegedly attacked by the family of a 13-year-old patient who died today morning at Nair Hospital. A case has been registered.
The accused threatened the victim to pay them Rs 10 lakh or else his pictures would be posted on social media. The victim requested the men to accompany him to his house as he was not carrying such a large amount of money, the Police officer said.
Global ride-hailing major Uber on Wednesday rolled out a driver rewards programme called "Uber Plus" in India that will let drivers earn points for rides so that they can win free doctor consultations, concessions on education modules, access to micro loans, faster airport pick ups and savings on vehicle maintenance costs.
Replying to a written question in the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey said a total of 11,59,309 allopathic doctors were registered with the state medical councils and the Medical Council of India (MCI) as on March 31.
There is only one allopathic government doctor for every 10,926 people in India against the WHO's recommended doctor-population ratio of 1:1000, stated a government report.
An official, however, said police "did not think" the suicide was related to the crisis at PMC Bank and financial woes it had subjected thousands of depositors to.
The 27-year-old woman, a resident of Jogeshwari area, came in contact with the accused - Vanshraj Dwivedi - in 2015, an official at Meghwadi police station said.
"But, Om Pal -- who was a well-known figure in Deoband -- was so confident about his infallibility that he refused to budge and informed police," News agency IANS quoted police official as saying.
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