Uttarakhand: COVID-19 patients protest against inadequate facilities in Pantnagar hostel

COVID-19 positive patients housed at a COVID care centre in US Nagar's Pantnagar staged a protest against the lack of the facilities and accused authorities of providing them substandard food.

Khatima: Some of the coronavirus patients lodged at Pantnagar hostel and quarantine centre at Khatima in the Udham Singh Nagar district held a protest complaining of inadequate facilities on Tuesday.

"We are not getting food here. The authorities have not made any arrangements for toilets also. So, we are protesting now," said a COVID-19 patient.

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Udham Singh Nagar later said that the issues have been resolved.

"Issues regarding food and accommodation have been resolved. There are some cases here where children are also staying with the families as they didn't have the facility to keep them away. Arrangement of home quarantine is being made for them," Chief Medical Officer, Udham Singh Nagar said.

According to the Union Health Ministry, Uttarakhand at present has 3,826 active cases of COVID-19. So far, 6,470 have been cured/migrated and 136 have died after contracting the infection.

ANI