KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — Director-general of health Datuk 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”.
“Dr Sanjiv was treating Case 29 (35-year-old woman who shared a room with Case 24) who later tested positive for Covid-19. Dr Sanjiv then voluntarily distanced himself (from the public) for 14 days, I hope those who came into close contact with him will emulate his self-action to do what is right,” he said.
He was commenting on a statement issued by Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur yesterday that the private hospital had quarantined all of its staff and patients who came in contact with the Japanese patient (Case 24) since February 26, and Covid-19 tests were carried out on them recently. A student nurse and a patient later tested positive.
Earlier, a viral WhatsApp message went viral urging the public to avoid the Pantai and Bangsar areas over the next 10 days where Sanjiv is in quarantine since one of his patients (Case 29) caught the coronavirus from Case 24.
— Bernama
