28-year-old Covid-19 patient surrenders at the Delhi-Noida border

According to the officials, the man works as a driver at the Patparganj hospital, where he was tested positive for the infection.

A 28-year-old man was admitted to Sharda Hospital in Greater Noida for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) treatment after he surrendered to the police, who stopped him at the Delhi-Noida border. The man had earlier got himself checked at a private hospital in Delhi’s Patparganj area.

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According to the officials, the man works as a driver at the Patparganj hospital, where he was tested positive for the infection. He had informed the nodal officer at the Sharda Hospital that he was tested after he sneezed in the vehicle while dropping a member of the hospital staff.

He was informed that he is COVID-19 positive by the private hospital on Saturday morning. The man then left from the hospital in a car and was entering Noida, when he was stopped by the police. He informed the police that he is a Covid-19 positive patient and showed his report.

“The surveillance team had informed about the man but we didn’t have to do anything as he himself stopped and told us that he is Covid-19 positive. We had his vehicle number but he knew that there was police presence. So he came to us willingly. He was stopped at around 4pm on Friday. We don’t know where he was coming from and when he received his reports. He showed us his reports, after which an ambulance was called to take him to Sharda Hospital,” said Arun Singh, assistant commissioner of police (ACP), Gautam Buddh Nagar.

The hospital has started the treatment of the man. “The patient has told us that he wanted to get himself treated in Gautam Buddh Nagar. He is a native of Bhadau, Uttar Pradesh and lives in Sector 45 of Noida. He works as a driver at the Patparganj hospital, where he picks up and drops off hospital staff. The hospital authorities gave him his reports on Saturday morning,” said Dr Abhishek Tripathi, nodal officer from the district health department at Sharda Hospital.

“We have started his treatment and he is fully cooperating. We don’t know what happened at the border. We do not know why the Delhi hospital allowed him to leave without following the protocol,” added Tripathi.

Officials said that the man has reported the names of a few people, who had come in direct contact with him.