Srinagar: Twenty Covid-19 positive patients on Thursday were discharged from Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial (JLNM) hospital after their two repeated samples within 48 hours tested negative, hospital sources said.
Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Nodal Officer Dr Bilquies said JLNM hospital discharged twenty Covid-19 positive patients after all recovered while following due medical protocol. She said the discharged Covid-19 patients repeated samples within 48 hours tested negative after which administration of the hospital allowed them to walk home with warm greetings.
She said out of five patients, one patient was discharged after more than one month as the patient was symptomatic with underlying co-morbidities and tested repeatedly positive four times before testing negative. She also said that rest of the patients were asymptomatic and were discharged from the hospital after 20 days of quarantine.
“At present there are only 34 Covid-19 positive patients admitted in JLNM hospital”, Dr Bilquies said. (KNS)