Coronavirus haunting the medicos of KMC, 42 medicos tested +ve for Covid

Hanamkonda: For the past four days, coronavirus is haunting the medical students of Kakatiya Medical College by infecting as many as 42 members so far, which included professors and the principal of the college in the district.

On Saturday last, 17 medical students tested positive for Covid19. The KMC management conducted RT-PCR tests on all 195 students.

On Sunday five students tested positive and on Monday seven more did so, of which four were medical students, two professors and one was the principal of the college.

With 11 medical students testing positive on Tuesday, the total number of students and staff who got infected reached 42.

The professors expressed worry over many medical students getting infected with the virus. They said many PG students of KMC were serving the Covid-hit patients in the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) hospital and were exposed to the virus. They were hit even though they were vaccinated twice.

Meanwhile, MGM hospital superintendent Dr. Battula Srinivas said all the medical students who tested positive were isolated and all care was taken of them, along with providing them proper medical treatment.

He also said precautionary steps were taken in the KMC and MGM hospital to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.