Arshad Farooq
Baramulla, Apr 20: In wake of the spike in COVID-19 cases, the authorities in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district Tuesday ordered the closure of Out-Patient Departments (OPDs) and routine surgeries at Government Medical College for two weeks.
An order, reads that in view of the surge of Covid-19 (2 wave), the Administration of Govt. Medical College Baramulla and its Associated Hospital has decided that all the OPDs except Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynecology, and all routine surgeries except emergency and Gynecological shall be suspended for a period of two weeks.
Notably, Baramulla district today reported a total of 136 COVID-19 positive cases taking the total toll of active cases to 1128 with 184 deaths so far in the district.
