After 2 doctors test positive for Covid-19, KEM hostel with 55 docs inside is sealedmumbaiUpdated: Apr 16, 2020 21:49 ISTDays after two resident doctors from King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, Parel, got diagnosed with Covid-19, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday sealed one of the four hostels of the medical college at Prabhadevi where the doctors stayed. As many as 55 resident doctors have been confined to the sealed Anand Niketan hostel. On April 12, two resident doctors from the hospital tested positive for the coronavirus. The other Covid-19-positive doctor from the pathology department was working in the casualty ward of KEM Hospital. “There is a need for doctors during the ongoing pandemic, so the authority cannot just lockdown 55 doctors,” said a doctor from the hostel.

Source: Hindustan Times April 16, 2020 16:21 UTC