Ongole (Andhra Pradesh): Alleging that the superintendent was not even providing masks to the medical staff, a doctor staged a protest outside the Chirala hospital in Andhra Pradesh's Prakasam district.
Dr Subhashini alleged that the medical staff at the hospital, where an isolation ward has been set up for COVID-19 patients, were not being provided with adequate equipment.
She said that despite Chirala having a few COVID-19 positive cases, the staff were not provided with masks even after she had been demanding them for the past 15 days.
Finally, following the doctor's protest, the superintendent acquired a mask for her.
After receiving the mask, Dr Subhashini said that the staff at the hospital were ready to even work for 24 hours a day to fight COVID-19, but they had to be provided with protective equipment to keep themselves safe.
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Highlighting the risks the staff had to face, she said that the physician who attended to the COVID-19 positive cases in the hospital is now in quarantine after he exhibited symptoms of the virus.
Earlier today, two new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Andhra Pradesh, taking the total count to 23.
A 49-year-old male from Kakinada and a 72-year-old male from Rajahmundry were the two latest patients to be infected in the state.
