Authorities of the government-run Osmania General Hospital on Tuesday refuted rumours of a COVID-related fatality at their institution.
“There is no recorded COVID-related death at our hospital. Currently, the hospital is treating three COVID-positive patients, all of whom are in stable condition and placed in the isolation ward,” OGH superintendent B.Nagender told The Hindu.
Dr.Nagender said last week, a 60-year-old male patient was admitted to the hospital with medical emergency of Acute onset of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with severe left ventricle dysfunction (heart failure) and type 2 respiratory failure. “A coincidental test for COVID was positive and the patient passed away on Sunday because of severe heart failure and not because of COVID,” he added.