According to Right To Information (RTI), filed by the reporter states that more than 2,000 healthcare workers including faculty, resident doctors, nursing staffs, hospital attendants and lab associates have been infected by the coronavirus at the AIIMS since March till middle of December.
It further states that a total of 4,116 individuals between March and December were found to be infected by Covid-19. Of these, 2, 217 were the dependents of staff, which means family members of those who are employed at the premier central government-run healthcare facility.
Responding to a RTI query, it stated that amongst the workers of AIIMS, the nursing staff is the highest in terms of count who got infected. Out of approximate 5,000 nurses, 615 are infected with the virus. Followed by 331 hospital attendants and then 197 resident doctors, the virus also infected 162 security guards, 139 sanitation staff, 137 medical lab technology associates, 122 data entry operators.
The faculty members too were infected- 69 of them tested positive of the virus. 13 patient care coordinators, 6 patient care managers, 27 RT Technicians, 09 X-ray technicians and 72 OT Technicians were also infected.
Earlier in May, the hospital administration had claimed that more than 95% of the staff who tested positive did not have any trace of transmission from the patient care activities based on detailed evaluation by the Contact Tracing Team. And that a large majority came from containment zones.
