Udupi : A total of 45 Coronavirus patients have been  discharged from the Dr TMA Pai Covid hospital on May 30, Saturday.

All the cured patients including 17 children were discharged from the Covid Hospital, while forty-five patients include 18 children and four police personnel, whose test report came negative.

The Deputy Commissioner said as per the government’s new guideline those infected who have completed treatment for over seven days and whose reports are negative, have been discharged. However, all of them have to be cautious at home and have to immediately inform authorities if they exhibit any symptom of the infection in the days to come, he said.

The discharged children’s parents appreciated the treatment and hospitality given at Dr TMA Pai Hospital.

Shashikiran Umakanth, nodal officer, Dr Avinash Shetty, medical superintendent, KMC Manipal, Pradeep Kurudekar, tahsildhar, Udupi taluk, Sudhir Chandra Sooda, district health officer, Dr Prashanth Bhat, covid nodal officer, and others were present.