Nurses at the Bombay Hospital have claimed that though at least four doctors there have tested positive, the management refuses to get them tested. The nurses have alleged that instead of testing them or placing them in quarantine, the management insists that they continue to work.

A nurse who works in the operation theatre said that several doctors from the general surgery, anaesthesiology and radiology departments have tested positive. "These doctors visit the patients only for a few hours while we spend eight hours with them. We requested the management to test us since around 100 of us live in the hostel together, and many of us have symptoms. But the hospital is not willing to test us. They are not thinking about our safety," she said.

'Take medicines, work'

The nurse added that a group of them met the hospital management on Wednesday and threatened to go on strike if they are not tested. "The hospital says that they will divide us in groups based on primary or secondary contact and is only screening us (just taking their temperatures).