Meanwhile, a hospital surgeon said the surgery had to be done in an emergency after a blockage in his artery.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration has launched an investigation into the circumstances that led a private Banihal hospital to operate on a woman without waiting for her Covid-19 report. The 32-year-old man later tested positive for the virus.
Banihal subdivisional magistrate Zahir Abbas said the woman underwent hernia surgery on Monday and her COVID test report was positive on Tuesday. Under the protocol, a hospital is required to do a COVID test on the patient before performing surgery on him, he said.
Meanwhile, a hospital surgeon said the surgery had to be done in an emergency after a blockage in his artery. “… Her family insisted that she be operated on in Banihal in view of the restrictions on movement between districts in the UT.”
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