Over 500 Doctors, Health Workers Of Bihar's 2 Leading Hospitals Get Covid: Report

COVID-19 Bihar: Patna AIIMS and Patna Medical College and Hospital along with another state-run medical establishment, Nalanda Medical College and Hospital, are catering to a large number of COVID-19 patients in the state capital.

More than 500 doctors and health workers of the two leading hospitals in Patna - AIIMS and Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) - have been infected with COVID-19 during the ongoing second wave, sources said. Altogether, 384 employees of AIIMS Patna, including doctors, nurses, sanitation workers, have been infected during the second wave so far, its Medical Superintendent CM Singh told news agency Press Trust of India. Patna Medical College and Hospital Superintendent Dr Indu Sekhar Thakur said more than 125 of its employees have tested positive so far. He said the list includes 70 doctors and over 55 nurses and other health workers.