{"id":29000,"date":"2020-06-30T21:41:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T16:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=29000"},"modified":"2020-06-30T21:41:17","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T16:11:17","slug":"young-people-turn-positive-as-hospitals-are-carrying-covid-19-infection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=29000","title":{"rendered":"Young people turn positive as hospitals are carrying Covid-19 infection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p><strong>Srinagar<\/strong>: As deaths due to Covid-19 infection crossed 100 mark today in Jammu and Kashmir, the data reveals most of the deceased were declared Covid-19 positive posthumously. This trend has shaken the confidence of people among health professionals as people are wondering why almost every deceased especially in Valley turns Covid-19 positive. These include the young people and even those who sustained injuries in road accidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>In Handwara, a young boy was allegedly attacked with axe, received head injuries, died at SMHS Hospital, but declared Covid-19 positive after the death. The news came as a shock to the family who said that the cause of death may give relief to those responsible for the death of the boy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Another glaring example is the death of a 24 year old youth from South Kashmir\u2019s Shopian district who suffered injuries in a fatal road accident and died in the hospital but doctors declared him Covid-19 positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>As reported earlier on 27 June three persons including father-son duo from South Kashmir\u2019s Shopian district were critically injured after their car collided with a Tipper on Srinagar-Jammu highway near Pampore. One among the three died on way to hospital while injured Abrar died today and was declared Covid-19 positive. Family alleged negligence saying no neuro-surgeon was available in the hospital to take care of Abrar. \u201cDoctors closed the chapter and to evade questioning, they declared the young man Covid-19 positive,\u201d said a relative of Abrar to news agency KNT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The data reveals that most of the deaths occurred in SMHS Hospital. Though patients were non-Covid, when admitted in the hospital, but posthumously tested positive for Coronavirus infection. SMHS Hospital is a non-Covid hospital. \u201cIt is irony that non-covid patients are being declared Covid positive after their death in a non-Covid hospital,\u201d said an attendant of a patient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>A medico said that since SMHS Hospital is not a Covid-19 designated hospital like CD, JVC or SKIMS so may be the hospital administration is not taking utmost precautions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Doctors Association Kashmir President Dr Nisar-ul-Hasan believes that every hospital in Valley is infected. He told Kashmir News Trust that there are great chances of gadgetry, beds, ICU\u2019s are being infected with Covid-19 in every hospital. Chances are, even young men can catch infection when admitted in the hospital and I think same happens with those young people who die of road accidents or any other ailments and turn positive for Covid-19 infection just because hospitals carry this lethal infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHospitals have become active agents of this infection and we should take utmost precautions,\u201d Dr Nisar said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A medico on condition of anonymity demanded the constitution of \u2018Empowered Death Audit Committee\u2019 who could see the actual cause of death. He said that in many cases, Covid-19 may be one of the factors of the death, while the bigger cause may be something else. \u201cIt\u2019s important to form this Committee before issuing Death Certificates,\u201d he said. 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