Patna: Bihar's hospitals have been repeatedly hitting the headlines over bodies lying in COVID isolation wards and ICUs alongside the beds occupied by patients who are alive and hoping to beat the disease. The latest development has come from the state capital where a woman fainted while standing in the long queue of COVID-19 testing.
According to the reports, a woman who has some symptoms for COVID and went for a testing centre in Patna. After standing in the long queue, she collapsed in front of the hospital.
Fearing the deadly virus, the co-patients standing in the queue ran away instead of helping the fainted woman. Luckily, a media person who was reporting from the hospital has seen the fainted woman and provided some water to the woman.
As per the reports, the woman was then shifted to the hospital after waiting for an hour.
Last week, at least two videos, shot purportedly by horrified surviving patients or their attendants, of the bodies lying for hours on adjacent beds evoked outrage on the social media.
The state COVID-19 cases rose to 41,111 said the state health department on Monday. The break-up of cases is as follows: 812 cases were reported on July 26; 1,048 additional cases were reported on July 25 and 332 cases were reported on July 24, the state health department said further.
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