Chennai Corporation has shut down Andhra Mahila Sabha Hospital on Durgabai Deshmukh Road in R.A. Puram on April 23 after three healthcare providers — two doctors and a staff nurse, tested positive for coronavirus.
The infected include a gynaecologist, a paediatrician and a staff nurse. The gynaecologist is a 65-year-old woman; the paediatrician is 42 years old and the nurse is 24 years old.
According to an official, the hospital was operating with limited strength. The test was done by the hospital authorities after they noticed that one of their theatre attendants had bathed a COVID-19 patient in his residence.
According to health authorities, contact tracing had been completed and containment measures were taken up in the localities where the doctors and the nurse come from. The authorities opted to close the hospital. Corporation officials said they were following up on the issue.
