BY: Kashmir News Trust
Srinagar, Mar 30: A COVID -19 suspect, who was declared positive on Sunday, is yet to receive his test report.
A youth (name withheld) from Soiteng Lasjan area in Srinagar outskirts was declared positive case on Sunday. Shortly after the announcement, authorities quarantined his family and also his neighbours.
Srinagar Municipal Corporation in its tweet declared him as the resident of Mehjoor Nagar but in another tweet the corporation apologised and said the patient is from Soiteng Lasjan and the area will be sterilized.
“I was shocked when they informed me, I am not COVID -19 positive and the test report is still awaited. The negligence on part of the hospital and the government has caused severe mental agony to my family,”
There was panic in the area as the news broke about him.
The hospital administration this morning asked the patient to get shifted to Ward number 5- the ward that has been exclusively reserved for the COVID-19 suspects. “I told them why they are shifting me to Ward 5, where COVID -19 suspects are admitted and they can be infected due to my presence. I was shocked when they informed me, I am not COVID -19 positive and the test report is still awaited,” the patient told Kashmir News Trust over phone and questioned, how can a patient be declared COVID -19 positive without his test report.
The patient said he is in shock and doesn’t know whether to weep or laugh. “Why I was declared positive when the hospital record shows my report is still awaited. Who is to be blamed?” he asked.
He said that he self reported in the hospital after coming into contact with deceased COVID -19 patient from Sopore who was residing in Srinagar. Doctors say I am asymptomatic, and not a positive case. “The negligence on part of the hospital and the government has caused severe mental agony to my family,” he added.
