D-G of health praises doctor’s quarantine action
A clinical waste handler worker pushing a bin containing material in contact with Convid-19 virus at the Institute of Medical Research in Jalan Pahang, Kuala Lumpur. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, March 3, 2020.
DIRECTOR-GENERAL of health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah praised the quick action taken by Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur’s cardiologist Dr Sanjiv Joshi who distanced himself from the hospital, clinic and his family for 14 days. In a statement issued in his Facebook page, Noor Hisham said Sanjiv despite being tested negative for Covid-19, continues to quarantine himself during the incubation period as “prevention is better than cure”.
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