Update

Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)

Mangaluru, Mar 9: A patient, who was admitted to the Wenlock hospital of the city for suspected Coronavirus infection has escaped from the hospital.

The suspected person was admitted to the hospital on the night of Sunday, March 8 and was kept in the isolation ward and being treated.

However, the person has escaped from the hospital in the night itself.

Health officer of the hospital called Mangauru south police station immediately. High alert is sounded in coastal districts to locate the person who has escaped.

Earlier report

Mangaluru: Dubai passenger admitted into Wenlock with suspected coronavirus symptoms

Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Mar 9: Deadly coronavirus that has gripped the world like an epidemic has already claimed thousands of lives. After a passenger who arrived at the airport here on Sunday March 8 exhibited symptoms of coronavirus infection, he was admitted into the district Wenlock Hospital here.

The health officials have refused to divulge the name and other details of the person admitted into the hospital as above.

Wenlock Hospital (file photo)

The health department officials have been screening all the passengers arriving at the airport. As they observed that the said passenger who came from Dubai displayed symptoms of fever, they reportedly decided to admit him into the hospital where he has been kept in the special isolated ward.

Giving details to the media persons, Dakshina Kannada district health officer Sikandar Pasha, said that the passenger was diagnosed with fever on his arrival at the airport. During the check conducted at Dubai airport at the time of departure, he did not have fever, it is said. He said that it was decided as a measure of abundant precaution, to admit him in the special ward set up at the Wenlock Hospital.

"We have collected throat swab samples of the passenger and they have been dispatched to Bangalore Medical College Hospital for testing. We expect to receive the report on Monday. If the report is negative, we will discharge the passenger after a thorough check-up," he stated.

There have been allegations that there were no ambulances at the airport to take the passenger suspected of infection to Wenlock Hospital. Later, it is said, the ambulance of the said hospital was sent to the airport to pick the passenger.

Director of the airport here, V V Rao, said that as per the directions of the Directorate of Civil Aviation, health officials have been checking the health condition of all the passengers arriving at the airport and this checking is mandatory for all the passengers.