Summary:
A 20-year old pregnant woman was rushed to Sassoon general hospital (SGH) as a case of premature rupture of membranes for four hours from a hospital in Bhosari.
The woman had to be operated on and so was tested for Covid-19 using the rapid antigen detection kit in which she tested negative.
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A 20-year old pregnant woman was rushed to Sassoon general hospital (SGH) as a case of premature rupture of membranes for four hours from a hospital in Bhosari.
The woman had to be operated on and so was tested for Covid-19 using the rapid antigen detection kit in which she tested negative.
She had neither symptoms related to Covid-19 nor any history of contact with any patient.
However, after delivery when the RT-PCR tests came forward it was found that the patient was positive for Covid-19 infection.
Although the operation was conducted with full precaution, such incidents raise questions on the accuracy of the tests which are often the final decision for ground-level health workers.
The woman who came from Bhosari was admitted on July 23.
Dr.
Shilpa Naik, associate professor at the hospital said, “The rapid antigen test is done to isolate the patient, but its sensitivity is lesser if compared to RT-PCR and so we did send a sample for RT-PCR.
For both the tests we took the nasal sample.