Karachi (HRNW) Seven staffers of the National Institute of Child Health, Karachi’s biggest public child healthcare centre, have tested positive for COVID-19, confirms Director Prof Dr Jamal Raza.
The staff includes a doctor, nurses, minor operation theatre and laboratory technicians. There is a suspicion among staff that it spread to other departments from a special laboratory, located within the main lab on the top floor. It has an estimated 35 staffers.
A few weeks earlier, a woman appointed to the special Neonatal Screening for Congenital Hypothyroidism lab within the main lab became infected and later another woman and a man associated with the project also got coronavirus. This special lab is a Sindh government initiative and it is headed by pathologist Dr Furqan Hassan. The main lab is run by Dr Rubab Naqvi.
The NICH director added that three staffers of the Sindh government thyroid program are on the list but that they did not become infected in the hospital. Prof Raza said they were in touch with COVID-19 suspects outside the hospital.
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