Rama Krishna Mission Hospital shuts for a week due to COVID cases among staff

ITANAGAR: The Rama Krishna Mission Hospital here, will temporarily stop all its services for a week from Monday after a spike in COVID-19 cases among its staff. Emergency services in the hospital have also been stopped from Sunday, said sources The decision was taken at a meeting between the hospital authorities and the staff on Saturday. A total of 25 Health workers, including three doctors, were found to be COVID-positive over the past few days. A decision was also taken to test all the staffers and their relatives. In the meeting, hospital secretary Swami Vishweshananda mourned the death of Salmi Sangdigoria, the hospitals sanitary assistant who succumbed to COVID-19 while on duty. She died on Friday. The hospital authorities have urged the public to restrict their visit for the week and adhere to all precautionary measures.

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