The authority will review the hospital in Ufa where suspected COVID 19 from 170 people

UFA, April 10 — RIA Novosti. Employees of Rospotrebnadzor Bashkiria began an epidemiological investigation on the situation in closed quarantine at the Republican clinical hospital named after Kuvatov Ufa, where 170 doctors and patients pre-confirmed coronavirus, reported RIA Novosti in the Ministry of health of the region.

Earlier, the health Ministry reported that the region was 40 cases of coronavirus infection, and 170 patients and doctors RKB name of Kuvatova coronavirus confirmed in the primary test. Only in the hospital, undergoing strict quarantine on 6 April after revealing seven preliminary positive results at COVID-19, there were about 600 patients and 500 physicians.

“Employees Rospotrebnadzor of the region conducted an epidemiological investigation in hospital of a name of Kuvatova,” — said RIA Novosti representative of the Ministry of health of Bashkiria.

live on the radio station “Echo of Moscow” chief physician of the RCH name of Kuvatova Elsa Syrtlanova reported that a large number of pneumonia among patients of the hospital began in early March, but they were not examined for coronavirus.

the Chief physician explained that she was overseas at the time, when there was a regime of isolation and were not required to be tested for the coronavirus.

According to head of the Department of rheumatology RCH name of Kuvatova rimmy Kamalova, currently in the hospital a lot of patients with pneumonia. “We are still in the beginning of March said that the pneumonia was a lot of hard passing, not like normal. We took tests and smears for all types of flu, when invited the staff of the CPS, to check them out on the coronavirus, the experts filled out the questionnaire whether patients abroad or communicated with an infected person. But we are mostly rural residents, they do not have the opportunity to travel abroad,” — said in a live Kamalova.

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