Gulbarga : Covid-19 Patients Attack Corona Warriors In Kamlapur Taluka

Kalaburagi: Several corona warriors, including ASHA workers, doctors and police personnel were attacked on Monday by a group of Covid-19 patients at Maramanchi tanda in Kamalapur taluk, Kalaburagi. Police vehicles and ambulances were also stoned in the incident. On Monday, when health workers went to tanda to admit 14 infected patients to Covid ward at GIMS in Kalaburagi, the patients, instead of cooperating with them, started pelting stones. Several workers sustained injuries in the incident. Some of the patients also pelted stones on government vehicles damaging window glasses, said police Reportedly, 14 migrant labourers who had returned from Maharashtra were sent back to their village after they completed the stipulated quarantine period tested positive. Their reports, the officials said, had arrived late Kalaburagi SP Yada Martin Marbanhang and senior officers visited village later and tried to convince the patients about the severity of the issue. However, the patients continued to argue that they had tested negative in Maharashtra. Later in the day, senior police officers succeeded in convincing them and shifted 13 infected of the 14 patients to the covid ward at GIMS. One patient is on the run, said police. Kalaburagi deputy commissioner B Sharath expressed anguish over the incident and said such acts will not be tolerated and strict action will be taken against those attacking covid warriors.

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