Chennai: Tamil Nadu Police are searching for a COVID-19 patient who was discharged by a hospital in Villupuram district by mistake, said police. The hospital had discharged four coronavirus positive patients owing to a clerical error on Tuesday. Realising the mistake, the hospital authorities reached out to the police and located three persons belonging to the same family residing in the district. The one person who is being traced is a migrant labourer from Delhi. According to the police, special teams have been formed to trace the missing patient.
Junior doctors defy social distancing beat pharmacist
Bahraich (UP): The junior resident doctors of Bahraich medical college allegedly beat up the chief pharmacist of the district hospital and his subordinates when they asked the doctors to maintain social distancing. Virendra Singh, the chief pharmacist of the district hospital, said that he was in his office on Tuesday when Dr Hashmat Ali, Dr Vindhyavasini and Dr Amit Kumar Shukla entered the room. The pharmacist asked them to maintain social distancing. The doctors, apparently annoyed, left the room and later returned with a group of other resident doctors and assaulted him and his juniors. Later, the pharmacists sat on a dharna, demanding action against the accused. Police officials said that they had received a complaint and were investigating the matter. (IANS)
