Malkangiri: The Out Patient Department (OPD) and Inpatient Department (IPD) of Malkangiri District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) have been sealed after the detection of a COVID-19 positive case.
In view of this, the District Medical Officer cum Superintendent of Malkangiri DHH wrote a letter to all the Medical Officers, In-Charge of CHCs, and SDMOs of Mathili and Chitrakonda on Tuesday, directing them not refer any patient to the hospital.
“It is to inform you that as per the direction of the Collector and DM, Malkangiri, the OPD and IPD of DHH Malkangiri are sealed due to detection of COVID-19 positive cases in DHH Malkangiri. So you are directed to send referral patient judiciously to higher institution directly as DHH Malkangiri has been sealed,” read the letter.