Palliative care hospital closed after three COVID deaths
The Hindu
COVID patients shifted to Thrissur Medical College Hospital
The Health department closed a palliative care hospital at Vallachira, near Thrissur, on Wednesday after three COVID patients died at the hospital. In an inquiry at the Santhi Bhavan Palliative Care Hospital, the health department team found that there was no full-time doctor for attending to the critically ill patients. Of the 23 patients, 11 had tested positive for COVID-19. “I got a complaint three days ago from a nurse in Kollam. Her father died in the palliative care hospital recently. The body was shifted to Kollam saying he was COVID negative. The body was kept openly for the public to pay homage. As they couldn’t produce COVID negative certificate at the time of cremation, the body was taken to a private hospital and he was tested positive posthumously,” said District Medical Officer K.J. Reena.More Related News