386 doctors, workers along with GMCH superintendent sent to quarantine: Here's why

A PG student from Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) was found positive for COVID19. Dr Likhitesh, who hails from the southern state of Karnataka is a postgraduate student in GMCH.

To make matters worse, the doctor was on COVID screening duty since May 4. On being asked whether he was wearing PPE, the state Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, "that he was wearing the kit but might have been showing symptoms since April 28 and on April 30".

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Dr Likhitesh is a boarder of 5 No PG Hostel of GMCH. Following which, hostel 1 and 5 of GMCH has been put under containment zone by the Assam government. Along with that, a total of 386 doctors, workers, and officials and the GMCH superintendent Dr. Ramen Talukdar have been asked to go under quarantine. As such, no new patient will be admitted to GMCH for the next three days.

According to the Senior Doctors of the GMCH, the Roommate of the affected PG Student worked in the isolation ward of the GMCH. After completing his duty, he was lodged in the Taj Vivanta. Following his quarantine period of 14 days, he rejoined the Duty on April 25 and found that his friend Dr Lithikesh was not well. But Dr Lithikesh kept working in the GMCH, met hundreds of Doctors and Nurses in the process till yesterday. As his condition did not improve he gave swab to the microbiology Department for COVID Testing and later found Positive, said a friend of him and a Doctor of the GMCH. All hell broke loose last night as the PG Hostel of the GMCH facing containment and more importantly the PGS are the main workforce of any Medical College.

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