Poonch, May 20: Making a mockery of the COVID protocol, a security guard, deployed at Raja Sukhdev Singh Hospital in Jammu’s Poonch District, was caught on camera collecting samples of the suspected COVID patients. After photographs of the security guard went viral, authorities terminated him from services for “violating COVID protocol.”

In the photographs, the security guard was seen taking samples of people who were gathered at Poonch hospital for a COVID test.

Not only the security guard was taking samples of the suspected COVID patients, he was also not wearing the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kit-mandatory of collecting samples. Ironically, no member of the para-medical staff was present on the spot where the security guard was collecting samples of people for COVID tests.

Terminated from Services

Taking serious note of the incident, the Medical Superintendent of Raja Sukhdev Singh Hospital Poonch immediately terminated the security guard from services. “Security guard has been sacked for his action. We will investigate the matter how he was collecting samples,” Medical Superintendent, Dr. Mushtaq Hussain Shah, told International Business Times.