The out-patient department (OPD) of the government hospital in Chikkodi was closed on Sunday after one staff member tested positive for COVID-19.
The COVID-19 ward in the hospital, however, remains open.
The closure of the OPD caused inconvenience to poor non-COVID-19 patients who came there for out-patient treatment. It has also caused great stress to pregnant women from poor families who want to avail themselves of free delivery services in the hospital.
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Deputy Commissioner M.G. Hiremath has said that the hospital would be opened in a day or two.
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