Covid-19: 424 medical personnel test positive in M’singh division
A total of 424 medical professionals including doctors and nurses have been tested positive in Mymensingh division until June 9.
Of them, 255 are in Mymensingh district, said sources.
Among the total number of infected medical professionals, there are 63 doctors, 82 nurses and 110 health workers, said Dr ABM Mashiul Alam, civil surgeon of Mymensingh.
At the upazila hospitals, 12 doctors, 15 nurses and 38 medical staff were tested positive so far, said the civil surgeon. Of the total doctors at upazila level, four were tested positive at Gafargaon Upazila Health Complex, said the official.
Of the total 255 covid-positive medical professionals in Mymensingh, 190 are of MMCH and MMC, said Dr Zakiul Islam, assistant director of MMCH. This includes 51 doctors, 67 nurses and 72 medical staff, informed the assistant director.
A total of 1,604 people tested positive in Mymensingh division until June 9. Of the total affected people, 798 are in Mymensingh, 364 in Jamalpur, 300 in Netrakona and 142 in Sherpur.
Healthcare professionals make up around 30 per cent of total infected people in the division, said Dr Md Abul Kashem, Divisional Director (Health). Mymensingh Division.
Nineteen people have died of Covid-19 in the division so far, of whom nine were in Mymensingh, five in Jamalpur, three in Netrakona and two in Sherpur, the official informed.
On the increase in number of medical professionals getting infected, the official said, "At the beginning of the outbreak, many patients got admitted at MMCH and other hospitals concealing their health history, which proved dangerous for frontline healthcare workers.
Some units of MMCH including Incentive Care Unit were locked down to contain the menace, the official added. But now the rate of infection among medical professionals is on a downtrend as strict precautionary measures have been taken to handle patients, said the official.
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