Quarantine yourself when sick, says PGIMER nursing officer

Naina Mishra
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, April 14

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The happiness of a 32-year-old PGI nursing officer, who was under treatment for Covid at the PGIMER for almost 14 days, knew no bounds when he learnt that he was tested negative for the virus yesterday.

Special moment

“It was a special moment for me when all PGI teams clapped when I was getting discharged from the hospital. The whole team supported me during illness,” said 32-year-old PGI nursing officer.

As soon as he reached home at 4 pm today, the first thing he did was to take his 11-month-old baby girl in his arms.

“I have been told not to play with the baby and make contact with family members, but I wasn’t able to resist myself. From now on, I will maintain some distance from them,” he said.

“My wife has cooked delicious food for me. I savoured ‘sambar’ and ‘idli’. She told me that I have grown thin and look a little shabby,” he giggled.

“For me, it was just like flu. If we feel sick, we should quarantine ourselves so that others are not infected,” the Covid survivor said. Initially, he had sore throat, runny nose and fever-like symptoms. His condition improved after 4-5 days. The nursing officer will stay under home quarantine before reporting back to work.

Posted at the emergency medicine ward of the PGIMER, the survivor had tested positive for the virus on March 31 after coming in contact with a 65-year-old man from Nayagaon while monitoring his vital signs without any safety equipment.

Dubai-returned man’s mother discharged

Another 40-year-old woman from Sector 30-B, mother of a Dubai-returned man, was also discharged from the PGIMER on Tuesday. She got infected from her 22-year-old son.