The hospital claims the woman was admitted
after submitting false information.

The coronavirus report of the woman is
awaited. (Representational photo)
New
Delhi: 68 doctors, nurses and
staff of a government hospital in Delhi have been asked to be under home
quarantine after a 25-year-old patient, who is suspected to have had
coronavirus, died on Wednesday night.
The
woman, who was pregnant, was admitted to the Bhagwan Mahavir Hospital in north
west Delhi on Monday, but allegedly did not disclose that she had travelled
abroad recently and had been asked to be under home quarantine.
The
hospital, which can admit up to 200 patients, has said in a statement that the
woman was admitted after submitting false information.
"The
patient did not disclose her travel history and the fact about her home
quarantine given by District Magistrate (North West) despite repeated verbal
query at the time of her admission and she submitted wrong information in the
prescribed form," the hospital's circular said.
Her
condition deteriorated on Wednesday and she was then put on a ventilator, the
hospital says.
She later
told doctors that she had returned from a foreign visit and came in contact
with passengers who were infected with coronavirus. She also said that four
members of her family were asked to observe home quarantine from April 10 to 24
by the district magistrate.
Now,
all the staff members of the hospital who came in contact with the woman have
been asked to be under quarantine.
The
coronavirus report of the woman is awaited.
Out
of the 100 healthcare workers who have tested positive for the virus across the
country, 45 are from Delhi.
Over
12,700 people in India have been infected with the deadly virus; Delhi has over
1,500 cases, second highest in the country. The national capital has recorded
32 deaths so far.
A
nationwide lockdown is in place since March 25, which was extended till May 3
on Tuesday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to fight the spread of the novel
coronavirus that has claimed 420 lives in the country so far.
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