The residents refused to allow the family of the doctor to undergo home quarantine.(Representational)
The Thane unit of Indian Medical Association on Tuesday alleged that residents of a complex in Maharashtra humiliated the wife and daughters of a doctor who tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday.
In a release, the IMA said the residents refused to allow the family of the doctor, who stays in the complex and runs a hospital in Vartak Nagar, to undergo home quarantine despite the flat being a spacious one.
"The residents humiliated the wife and daughters of this leading physician who tested positive on Sunday. They wanted the family to shift to a quarantine facility of Thane Municipal Corporation in Bhayander Pada. However, the samples of the wife and daughters tested negative and they were shifted back home by us," said IMA Thane president Dr Dinkar Desai.
"It is unfortunate that society is not respecting doctors who are in the frontline to combat the coronavirus outbreak," he added.
The doctor who tested positive, the IMA claimed, was one of the first in the medical fraternity to hold a seminar on COVID-19.
World
67,69,38,430Cases
62,55,71,965Active
4,44,81,893Recovered
68,84,572Deaths
Coronavirus has spread to 200 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 67,69,38,430 and 68,84,572 have died; 62,55,71,965 are active cases and 4,44,81,893 have recovered as on January 9, 2024 at 10:54 am.
India
4,50,19,214 475Cases
3,919 -83Active
4,44,81,893 552Recovered
5,33,402 6Deaths
In India, there are 4,50,19,214 confirmed cases including 5,33,402 deaths. The number of active cases is 3,919 and 4,44,81,893 have recovered as on January 9, 2024 at 8:00 am.
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