Good news from Mysuru: 6 pharma employees among 7 discharged

MYSURU:

Mysuru

heaved a sigh of relief on Sunday as seven

Covid-19 patients

walked out of hospital, treated for the infection successfully and discharged. Six of the patients are employees of pharmaceutical firm Jubilant Life Sciences in

Nanjangud

, counted among the cluster infections in the country.

This the first time in Karnataka that seven people have been discharged in a single day, said authorities, coming after positive cases being reported every day and leading to sealing in Nanjangud.

On Sunday, one case of Covid-19 infection was reported — also from the pharma company — taking the total number of patients so far to 48. The latest patient is a 32-year-old employee and a resident of

JP Nagar

in Mysuru. Minutes after his tests results were announced, authorities moved in and barricaded the area and took up disinfection and

sanitation

measures.

In all, seven employees of pharma company in the temple town have recovered and been discharged. The first patient from the firm — P52 who tested positive on March 26 — was discharged on April 10 and has since been moved to a quarantine facility on his request to spend 14 days in isolation, away from home. He is a resident of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Nagar, off Outer Ring Road.

“Mysuru has registered 48 cases so far. Of them, nine have been discharged after treatment. Now we have 39 under treatment,” said DHO Dr R Venkatesh. The first Mysuru patient, a 35-year-old with travel history, was also the first to be discharged, on April 7.

Deputy commissioner Abhiram G Sankar thanked the hospital’s doctors, nurses and other staff and teams on the ground — including police, health personnel, local body functionaries, quarantine monitoring and surveillance teams for their support and services. “Feedback from the patients has been collected and as per some of their requests, a hot water geyser facility has been provided in the hospital,” he said. “The condition of all other Covid-19 patients in the hospital is stable and they are recovering.”

With cases related to the pharma plant continuing to surface each day, district authorities are closely monitoring employees, families and contacts in home isolation. They are also regularly tracking the health details of 300-odd primary contacts of the patients.

Cracking the whip against an employee who was allegedly roaming the streets, Nanjangud Rural police registered a case on charges of violating the DC’s orders on home quarantine. “The DC and health authorities have ordered home quarantine for 14 days for all 1,500 employees of the company after stamping their hands with a seal. The DC had extended the quarantine to another 14 days, but one of the employees was found violating the order. A case has been filed against him,” SP CB Rishyanth said.