Cancer hospital closed in Guwahati after Coronavirus scare

Dr. B Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati

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.

– Inputs from sources

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