After testing positive at Covid-19, three people tricked the vigilance of medical staff at Sainte-Thérèse de Hinche Hospital into fleeing, Le Nouvelliste learned from a source close to the hospital. With the help of the police, the health authorities are trying to find these people who, according to the information, are from Belladère…
Arriving at Sainte-Thérèse de Hinche Hospital on Thursday, these three people were tested using the rapid test available at the hospital. Time to get registered to be admitted to the hospital and put in solitary confinement, they tricked the vigilance of the medical staff into fleeing.
Our contact at Sainte-Thérèse de Hinche Hospital who is a doctor pointed out that the rapid tests do not have all the reliability to confirm one hundred percent the status of a person tested at Covid-19. “It’s a quick test that Zanmi Lasante uses. That’s why after the quick test it has to be confirmed with the PCR test, ”the doctor pointed out.
According to the latter, the first person tested positive was accompanied by two other family members who were tested negative. The other two people who tested positive came to the hospital separately
Sainte-Thérèse de Hinche Hospital is currently caring for nine people who tested positive on the rapid test. They are awaiting confirmation, our source said. “They are in level 1 isolation pending confirmation to either move to level 2 isolation if the results are positive, or kept under surveillance for a number of days if the test is negative,” our contact explained.
Since the discovery of the disease in the country on March 19, health authorities have reported six deaths, 72 cases of contamination, and six patients reported cured. The government continues to call on the population to adhere to the principles of hygiene and to limit their travel to prevent the spread of the virus in the territory. Seven out of 10 departments are already affected by the coronavirus.
