Nagaland patient tests positive for COVID-19 in Guwahati: Assam Health Minister

The patient from Nagaland who was referred to the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, informs a tweet by Assam Health Minister. (Rueters File Photo)

A State Health Department official said a second test will be required to confirm the case as per the protocol

 

Morung Express News
Dimapur | April 13

A patient from Nagaland who was referred to the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) has tested positive for COVID-19 case, informed a tweet by Assam Health Minister.

As per the tweet by Assam Health Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma late on April 12 night, a patient from Dimapur, who was admitted to the GMCH, Guwahati tested positive for COVID-19.

The patient, according to the tweet, was referred to the GMCH by unnamed private hospital in Dimapur. It did not name the hospital.

The news caught the Nagaland Health Department unaware, while social media exploded with queries.

Health department officials, who were contacted for confirmation, declined to comment while stating that they were also trying to confirm.

Nagaland Health & Family Welfare Minister did not respond to calls, while calls to the Principal Director did not go through.

One official, who wished not to be named, said that the private hospital may have referred the patient to Guwahati for "other reasons" and turned out to be positive.

The official added a second test will be required to confirm it. It was unclear whether Assam Health Minister tweeted after the first or second test. 

"We are trying to ascertain the facts," another official stated.