The DC also urged hospitals against admitting patients in a critical condition if they did not have the facilities to treat them.
MYSURU: Warning the management of private hospitals against being negligent in treating patients admitted to their respective institutions with Covid-19, Mysuru deputy commissioner Rohini Sindhuri on Monday said, “Should it be found that a Covid-19 patient succumbs to the infection due to negligence of the hospital authorities, stern action will be initiated against the institution.”
The DC’s warning to the private hospitals comes on a day when the district reported 362 new Covid-19 cases, in addition to three people succumbing to the infection. On the bright side, 303 people who recovered from the infection were discharged. The total number of fatalities owing to Covid-19 in Mysuru district now stands at 1,086.