Kolkata hospital introduces 'Virtual Visiting Hours' for COVID-19 patients
Kolkata, Apr 29: AMRI Hospital, Salt Lake in West Bengal has introduced 'Virtual Visiting Hours' for patients there.
The
CEO
of
the
hospital
says,
"State
govt
issued
directive
not
to
carry
phones
inside
COVID
wards.
So
we
started
this.Patients
can
keep
in
touch
with
their
family
via
iPad".
AMRI
hospital,
one
of
the
top
hospitals
in
Kolkata
registered
West
Bengal's
first
Covid-19
death
on
March
23.
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Since the state government has banned mobile phones in isolation wards at hospitals across the state because mobile phones carry germs and infection, the hospital has found a way to make patients interact with their families.
WB: AMRI hospital,Salt Lake-a dedicated #COVID19 hospital,has introduced 'Virtual Visiting Hours' for patients there. Hospital's CEO says "State govt issued directive not to carry phones inside COVID wards. So we started this.Patients can keep in touch with their family via iPad" pic.twitter.com/MjP10aqVtA
— ANI (@ANI) April 29, 2020
The government's decision came after a patient at the state-run Bangur Hospital in Kolkata shot a video of a dead body lying in a ward and shared it on social media.
Meanwhile, West Bengal suffers reaches 725 positive coronavirus cases following 22 deaths while India has crossed 30,000mark for COVID-19 affected and hit 1000 deaths.