New Delhi: Bhagvan Mahavir Hospital doctors, nurses and staff have been asked to be under home quarantine on Thursday. A Government run hospital in North West Delhi 68 doctors, nurses and staff were sent for self-quarantine, because of a suspected Covid- 19 women died on Wednesday.

The pregnant women was admitted to the Bhagwan Mahavir Hospital in north west Delhi on Monday, but allegedly did not disclose that she had travelled abroad recently and had been asked to be under home quarantine. The hospital authorities in a statement said that the women was admitted after submitting false information.

“The patient did not disclose her travel history and the fact about her home quarantine given by District Magistrate (North West) despite repeated verbal query at the time of her admission and she submitted wrong information in the prescribed form,” the hospital’s circular said. Her condition deteriorated on Wednesday and she was then put on a ventilator, the hospital says.

Later she told doctors that she had returned from a foreign visit and came in contact with passengers who were infected with Covid- 19. She also said that four members of her family were asked to observe home quarantine from April 10 to 24 by the district magistrate.