Mumbai: Newborn & mother test positive after hospital puts them on bed vacated by Covid-19 patient

A baby born on March 26 has tested positive for coronavirus along with his 26-year-old mother. They allegedly caught the virus after they were kept on a bed vacated by a Covid-19 patient.

The baby and his mother were shifted to Kurla Babha Hospital on Tuesday and were later again shifted to Kasturba Hospital the nodal centre for all coronavirus cases in Mumbai.

The family has alleged that they got to know about the lapse when a doctor called and asked them to get tested for  coronavirus. The family has claimed that no staff from the Chembur Hospital came to check on them while they were admitted. They were later shifted to another room.

The father of the newborn been quarantined at the Kasturba Hospital. 

According to experts, the possibility of the mother being infected while she gave birth cannot be ruled out. Before coming to the hospital the family was at home for 10 days during the lockdown. The Chembur Hospital has been shut for sanitisation of all surfaces.