With the number of COVID-19 patients surging after the Avurudu season, a dangerous situation has emerged with the country’s health system already struggling to cope with the increasing number of patients. A Sunday Times staffer witnessed this situation firsthand recently at a major teaching hospital where, in a ward of some 40 patients, two COVID [...]

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With the number of COVID-19 patients surging after the Avurudu season, a dangerous situation has emerged with the country’s health system already struggling to cope with the increasing number of patients.

A Sunday Times staffer witnessed this situation firsthand recently at a major teaching hospital where, in a ward of some 40 patients, two COVID positive patients were identified within a span of two days. Both patients had been admitted to the ward and were staying among other patients when they were confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19.

These pictures show hospital staff in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) hurriedly wiping down and sanitising the bed and surrounding area one of the positive patients had stayed in.     

Pix by M.D. Nissanka

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