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KUALA LUMPURTan Sri Chief Health Officer Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah (pix) warned patients seeking treatment in hospitals or going to scheduled appointments not to mislead health personnel or withhold information about any symptoms they may have.
Dr. Noor Hisham said that such acts were unfair to the leaders in the performance of their duties, as they also had relatives to care for.
“Do not fool the front line, we also need to be protected, (we have) family and friends,” he said today via Facebook here.
He was referring to a recent online post by a doctor who said he had contracted Covid-19 after a patient withheld information when she was reviewed at the hospital entrance.
The doctor said the patient had admitted to being healthy and was allowed to enter as the body temperature also seemed normal.
“I am the doctor who prepared this patient for the scan. We were surprised that the CT scan image of the lungs looked similar to that of Covid-19 patients.
“When asked again, the patient finally admitted that he had had a cough and fever for a week, but then he felt a little better and decided to go to the CT appointment. His actions had clearly upset others. The patient was confirmed positive for Covid-19 two days later, ”he wrote.
After that, the doctor underwent a Covid-19 smear test and it was also detected positive.
“The results of my swab tests came back positive. I cried when I found out, upset about having to be separated from my children and my husband. (I am) concerned about family members or colleagues to whom I may have passed the infection (without realizing it). (I am) very disappointed in the attitude of my patient.
“Please don’t fool us if you have symptoms. Your actions can affect other patients, healthcare workers, and their families. We are also human, ”he said.
On December 22, Dr. Noor Hisham announced that a total of 1,880 healthcare workers had been detected positive for Covid-19 as of December 15. Called
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