92 healthcare workers, faculty found COVID positive at AIIMS

New Delhi: As many as 92 healthcare workers, including medicos and non-medicos, at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last two months.

A faculty from the orthopedic division is the latest to be found to have contracted the infection, after which about 10 people were quarantined.

As per the latest data compiled at AIIMS, COVID-19 positive cases include - one faculty, two resident doctors, 13 nursing staff, 45 security guards, 12 sanitation workers among others like technicians, hospital attendants, data entry operators, etc - working at the medical institute.

"On Saturday, a faculty from the orthopaedic department was found COVID-19 positive. However, he was not posted at coronavirus unit. Contact tracing has been started and at least 10 people have been quarantined as a precautionary measure," said Dr DK Sharma, Medical Superintendent at AIIMS.

Dr Sharma confirmed that about 92 healthcare workers at AIIMS were found infected with coronavirus. "We are taking all safety and precautionary measures against COVID-19 for our healthcare workers at the hospital.

Most of them have joined their duties after completing their treatment and quarantine period. Our doctors, nurses, paramedics, and other healthcare workers have been provided with all facilities of protective gears.