On Saturday, a nurse was found COVID-19 positive after which the hospital was sealed in a precautionary measure for conducting complete station.
"Along with emergency services, the Flu Clinic and the three OPDs ( Gynae, Pediatrics, Medicine) will also operate with the restricted entry of patients and attendants from tomorrow," Varsha Joshi, Commissioner, North Delhi Municipal Corporation told .
"Contact tracing of 52 healthcare workers (HCW) who have been in contact with the staff nurse has been completed. In the case of 7 people who came in contact, the collection of samples has already been done and are currently in institutional quarantine. Rest are in home isolation and quarantine and sample collection will start tomorrow," she added.
All portions of Hindu Rao hospital such as admin block, wards, nursing home, OPD, hostels, residential area and emergency portion have been stized with power spray tanker using sodium hypochloride solution done by a team consisting of 8 members along with district health officer (DHO) in the presence of medical health officer, she said.
( With inputs from ANI )