On Monday, Banita Sandhu who made her Bollywood debut in the 2018 film ‘October’ opposite Varun Dhawan has tested positive for the novel Coronavirus in Kolkata, where she was shooting her upcoming film ‘Kavita & Teresa.’ However, according to the latest reports, the actress is not ready to get treated in a government hospital.
The actress had flown to Kolkata from the United Kingdom (UK) on Dec 20, to celebrate Christmas and New Year in India. As per a report in the Indian Express, the British actress travelled in the same flight with the person who detected the mutant coronavirus strain. After Banita tested positive, she was taken to the Beliaghata Infectious Diseases Hospital wherein a different unit has been set up to keep those returned from the UK, but, she refused to come out of the ambulance statting that the hospital required proper infrastructure.
An official said, “We had to inform the state secretariat and the health department as she was unwilling to come out of the ambulance and at one point of time, she wanted to leave. The British High Commission was informed as we cannot let her go like this which is against the protocol. We had to inform the police also. They (police personnel) came and surrounded the ambulance so that she cannot leave. Eventually, with the permission of the health department, she was admitted to a private hospital,” the official said adding that Sandhu has been kept in an isolated cabin there.”
The report also stated that she was made to sign a declaration that she was not willing to get admitted as “she felt the medical establishment lacked infrastructure”.
Wishing the actress, a speedy recovery!
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