Covidiot On Wards

Doctor with virus symptoms keeps seeing patients after test that turns out positive

- Vivienne Aitken

Patients at a Scots hospital have been forced to self-isolate after a doctor with coronavirus continued on his rounds after developing symptoms.

The doctor, who can’t be named for legal reasons, is understood to be a locum physician. It is believed he normally works in the Argyll and Bute area.

Last weekend, he was working in Belford Hospital, Fort William, when he reported to a staff nurse that he had symptoms of Covid.

He was immediately swabbed for the virus but, despite showing symptoms, he was allowed to continue with his rounds in the combined assessment unit, where both medical and surgical patients are treated.