Sunsari, April 5 -- The government has designated various hospitals in Province 1 to treat Covid-19 patients and collect their swab samples for lab tests . But many of these hospitals have been reportedly referring all patients with Covid-19-like symptoms to the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan without running any tests.

Of late, the flow of patients at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences has increased, which has led to the shortage of medical essentials at the hospital.

"The other hospitals are directly referring the patients here without making sure if they need Covid-19 tests," one of the doctors at the Dharan-based hospital told the Post.

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