Pune: 92 D Y Patil Hospital staff quarantined after patient contracts COVID-19

At least 42 doctors & 50 other medical staff of the D Y Patil Hospital have been put under quarantine after an accident patient being treated here was found positive for COVID-19, said Jitendra Bhawalkar, Dean, Dr. DY Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Pune.

The patient, an autorickshaw driver, met with the accident on March 31, said Jitendra Bhawalkar, dean of the D Y Patil Medical College and Hospital, a private medical facility located in Pimpri Chinchwad township here.

"The man,who is in his 30s, came to the emergency section of the hospital on March 31 after the accident. He was operated upon and on the second day, he developed fever. The doctors got suspicious and his samples were sent for testing which came out positive for coronavirus," he said.

The patient was immediately shifted to the Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital.

"We then tried to find out those who came in contact with the man and quarantined our 42 doctors and 50 paramedical staff members as a precaution. Samples of all of them have been sent for tests," Bhawalkar said.