PATNA : The NTPC has shot off a missive to the Bihar government complaining about the reluctance of private hospitals in state capital to admit patients testing positive for, or showing symptoms of, COVID-19, and sought intervention in the matter.
A letter to this effect, addressed to the Principal Secretary (Health), was written on July 3 by the state-run power giants Regional Executive Director (East II) Asit Kumar Mukherjee.
According to NTPC spokesman Vishwanath Chandan, till date five family members of employees of the company stationed across Bihar have tested positive for the coronavirus.