"My roommate tested positive for Coronavirus but the hospital says my report is negative. We are not being shown our reports and I have already developed a cough. I'm sure in the next couple of days I'll get the infection too, but currently I'm working," says a staffer of Wockhardt hospital, even as 52 staffers, including 46 nurses test positive for COVID-19. Raising concerns regarding their safety, several nurse associations have sent a list of demands to BMC chief Praveen Pardeshi.

Requesting anonymity, a nurse said, "Almost 90 per cent of the staff nurses at Wockhardt hail from Kerala. While most of them have a BSC nursing degree, some are freshers and the others are experienced. We have been working closely with the patients and have seen them develop the symptoms. When our immediate superiors ignored our concerns, we decided to speak out in the larger interest of our colleagues' safety."