Nagaland Covid-19 patient being treated in Assam stable

Kohima, Apr 23 () The lone Covid-19 patient fromNagaland, who is undergoing treatment in the Guwahati MedicalCollege and Hospital (GMCH) in Assam, is stable and has beenshifted from the ICU to the isolation ward, a senior officialsaid here on Thursday.

None of the patient's relatives has tested positivefor coronavirus so far, health and family welfare departmentsecretary Kesonyu Yhome said.

"The patient was initially tested positive for Covid-19 upon admission to the GMCH. The subsequent second test onApril 17 was negative but the third test result conducted onthe next day was positive again," Yhome said.

The patient, who is a resident of Dimapur district,will be tested again on April 26.

So far, 382 samples sent from Dimapur district havetested negative for coronavirus, the official said.

With regard to the entire state, he said, a total of543 samples out of 607 have tested negative. Results for theremaining 64 are yet to come.

A laboratory is being set up in the state and it isexpected to start testing samples within 20 days, Yhome said.

As all district headquarter hospitals have beenconverted to Covid-19 facilities, the department has partneredwith the Nagaland Medical Council for providing OPD servicesinitially at Kohima and Dimapur, the official said.

Depending on the availability of volunteers, similarfacilities will be made available to the citizens in otherdistricts, he said.

Besides this, Yhome said, an arrangement is being madein collaboration with a media house to start a project throughwhich people will get medical consultation over the phone. NBSNN NN