Male with ALD dies in Lalitpur healthcare facility, swab sample tests favorable for Covid-19

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU: A man with Alcoholic Liver Disease, who passed away at a Lalitpur based hospital on Wednesday, has been diagnosed with
Covid-19. As per protocol, the manswab specimen were collected for coronavirus transmission testing post death, which resulted in a
positive. The 56-year-old man with ALD was first taken to Patan Hospital on having seizures, from where was referred to Lalitpur based KIST
Medical College
He breathed his last during course of treatment at the hospital, according to a Health Ministry official. This makes the case the fifth
Covid-19 related death in the country
It has been learnt that the Ministry of Health and Population will issue a statement soon confirming the same. His tests were conducted at
the Patan Hospital laboratory the results for which were received on Wednesday evening. The post Man with ALD dies in Lalitpur hospital,
swab sample tests positive for Covid-19 appeared first on The Himalayan Times.