150 intern doctors at SBMC quarantined

Around 150 intern doctors are living under quarantine since Tuesday, as all hostels of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College (SBMC) were locked down after four of the interns tested positive for coronavirus.

Sources at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) said after tests came out positive, authorities locked down Habibur Rahman Hostel, Jamilur Rahman Hostel, Dr Nur-ur-Nabi Interns' Hostel and Girls' Hostel.

As a result, about 150 interns out of 209 are currently under institutional quarantine. Mentionable, 111 interns were scheduled to be admitted at the hospital but they reportedly did not arrive.

Some of the interns alleged that they are suffering from food crisis, as the cooking staff have fled.

SBMC Principal Dr Asit Kumar Das said authorities have already started testing all interns, and around 55 of them tested negative.

SBMCH Director Dr Bakir Hossain said there is no food crisis in the hostels, because Barishal City Corporation's mayor and hospital authorities sent necessary food to those who are quarantined.

Healthcare operations of the hospital faced some problems, but about 60 doctors will join the hospital in the next two days and then everything would be solved, he said.