Covid-positive not admitted in time, dies

New Delhi: A woman has alleged that her Covid-19-positive father was not admitted in time by a Delhi government hospital and died on Thursday, a charge denied by authorities of the facility.

The woman, Amarpreet, took to Twitter earlier in the day, saying, "My dad is having high fever. We need to shift him to hospital. I am standing outside LNJP Delhi & they are not taking him in. He is having corona, high fever and breathing problem. He won''t survive without help. Pls help."

An hour later, she tweeted, "He is no more. The govt failed us."

Her tweets were widely circulated by netizens.

Authorities at LNJP Hospital, a dedicated COVID-19 facility, denied the charge, and said the patient was "brought dead".

According to the report shared by the hospital, the man, in his mid 60s, died at 7:37 am.

"As per the report from the emergency department, the man was tested for COVID-19 at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and the report came out on June 1, in which he was found positive for coronavirus infection," a senior official said.T he patient was sent to home quarantine from there, hospital authorities said.