{"id":31295,"date":"2020-08-14T20:51:22","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T15:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=31295"},"modified":"2020-08-14T20:51:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T15:21:22","slug":"covid-19-125-doctors-89-paramedics-from-gmc-srinagar-test-positive-for-deadly-virus-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=31295","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: 125 doctors, 89 paramedics from GMC Srinagar test positive for deadly virus so far"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Srinagar<\/strong>: The frontline Covid-19 warriors have also transmitted the deadly virus as figures reveal at least 125 doctors and 89 paramedics from Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar and its associated hospitals have tested positive for novel disease so far since March this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A senior official at GMC Srinagar told news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that till date, 129 doctors and 89 paramedics have been tested positive for Covid-19. \u201cPeople should understand that not even frontline Covid warriors and doctors are safe from the virus. We request people to take precautions by wearing masks and maintaining hygiene etc,\u201d he said, wishing not to be named.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said that if more doctors and paramedics test positive, there will be no one to treat patients which ultimately would lead to a disaster. Pertinently, health workers have been continuously blaming the government for exposing them to the coronavirus by not providing them with the adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) kits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A doctor at SMHS told KNO that the government must take each and every step in order to keep medical staff safe. \u201cIf health workers collapse, the health system can&#8217;t function and patients will suffer,\u201d he said. As already reported by the KNO, a total of 600 health workers have tested positive for the virus so far across Kashmir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two doctors, one each from Gurez, Bandipora and Pampore, Pulwama lost their lives due to Covid-19. Notably, there are over 27000 positive cases of Covid-19 in J&amp;K and over 520 persons have died who were tested positive for the deadly virus\u2014(KNO)<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: The frontline Covid-19 warriors have also transmitted the deadly virus as figures reveal at least 125 doctors and 89 paramedics from Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar and its associated hospitals have tested positive for novel disease so far since March this year. A senior official at GMC Srinagar told news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}