The Management of Dr. B Borooah Cancer Institute in Guwahati has said that all services will remain closed till May 10. The move came after a 16 year old girl died of COVID-19 on Thursday.
The patient’s swab was tested positive after her death. She was staying with her mother, grandmother and aunt in the hospital campus.
Anxiety spread amongst the cancer patients in the hospital on Friday as all hospital services were terminated till May 10.
Gauhati Medical College and Hospital was announced to remain closed for new patients until its sanitization in a tweet by state health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma earlier this morning. The Minister also visited the Cancer institute.
I also met Doctors & staff at Dr D Borooah Cancer Institute to understand thier concerns. A support staff has tested #COVID19 + here. Assured them that Government was committed to do their best for hospital staff. Also lauded Herculean efforts by Doctors in the state. pic.twitter.com/WZbmosHKmz
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 8, 2020
– Inputs from sources