Pregnant patient hid tabligh link, forces hospital to close after testing positive
CORONAVIRUS | A Kedah hospital has urged patients to be upfront about their medical and travel history after a pregnant patient who failed to do so tested positive for Covid-19.
Pantai Hospital Laguna Merbok will now close for the next two days (March 22 and 23) to undergo "full terminal disinfection and fumigation"....
CORONAVIRUS | A Kedah hospital has urged patients to be upfront about their medical and travel history after a pregnant patient who failed to do so tested positive for Covid-19.
Pantai Hospital Laguna Merbok will now close for the next two days (March 22 and 23) to undergo "full terminal disinfection and fumigation".
“The case is of a 30-year-old Malaysian woman who did not provide full disclosure during the screening process at the hospital and was admitted for (birth) delivery following the usual process.
“However, she developed a fever after giving birth.
“Further questioning led to the finding that the woman had been living with a family member who had attended the tabligh gathering at the Sri Petaling Mosque in Kuala Lumpur and who tested positive for Covid-19,” it said in a statement today.
“The hospital urges all visitors to do their part to curb the spread of Covid-19 by being socially responsible. This includes practicing good personal hygiene and providing full and accurate disclosure during the screening process,” it added.
The patient is now being treated at Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah in Alor Setar.
Meanwhile, the private healthcare facility has since disinfected all areas visited by the patient. Contact tracing has also begun.
“All staff who had been in contact with the patient have been identified, placed under quarantine and (they have) tested negative for Covid-19,” it added.
'Police report will be made if you hide info'
Later at the Health Ministry’s daily press Covid-19 press conference, director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah (photo) stressed the need for patients to fully disclose if they have been exposed to the virus.
“You are exposing our doctors, healthcare workers to infection (if you don’t disclose).
“So I hope the public, when you come to the hospital, please be truthful and reveal the history so that we can actually take precautionary measures and protect ourselves,” he said.
Noor Hisham cautioned that police reports will be made against patients who fail to do so.
“I urge that if that happens, we, our staff can make a police report because the hidden information is important information,” he said,
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