GUWAHATI, May 22 - The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) vide a notification today said that COVID-19 patient Raju Ray is not associated with it.
A resident of Tarun Nagar in the city, Raju (32), was admitted to the Nemcare Hospital here with abdominal pain on May 17. While being taken to the OT, he was found to have fever. His samples were sent for COVID-19 tests and he tested positive on Wednesday.
After receiving a number of representations regarding Raju, GMC said in its notification, �Raju Ray is not a mechanic or employee of the GMC. He is a son of Akhil Ray who is a repairing mechanic of machineries under Water Works, GMC and not a direct employee of GMC.�
The notification said a team from the health department had apparently collected the samples of employees engaged in GMC�s Satpukhuri water plant.
