As a majority of the patients are asymptomatic, it is critical to test everyone irrespective of their underlying illnesses. By this we are not only protecting other patients and healthcare personnel, we will also curb the spread, said a health expert The government must not prevent private hospitals from testing walk-in patients for covid-19, said doctors and public health experts.
This came against the backdrop of a partial lifting of the national lockdown and cases surging to 52,261 on Wednesday. Last week, the health ministry directed private hospitals in all states not to insist on a covid-19 test before providing services, following complaints that some hospitals were refusing treatment if a patient tested positive for covid-19. “As a