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By Express News ServiceHYDERABAD: Despite fighting the Covid-19 battle shoulder to shoulder with doctors and nurses, Gandhi Hospital’s medical support staff, which includes sanitation workers and ward employees, complained of not getting adequate safety gear. But, hospital officials denied the claims. Speaking to Express on the condition of anonymity, a 37-year-old sanitation worker said, “Doctors and nurses get N95 masks, but none of the sanitation workers at the hospital get it. The hospital’s medical superintendent, Dr Raja Rao, said there was no dearth of any protective gear for the medical staff. There are 300 medical support staff at the hospital, of which 200 are sanitation staff.