Physician at Doctors Hospital of Sarasota tests positive for COVID-19
A Doctors Hospital of Sarasota physician has tested positive for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
The patient works in the behavioral health unit, the hospital announced in a release Friday evening.
“Our behavioral health unit is a secure unit with a limited number of patients and employees,” the release said. “All patients have private rooms, and physicians consult with patients at a distance. Visitors are not permitted in the unit.”
Patients and employees at the Doctors Hospital of Sarasota who may have been exposed to the physician have been notified, and the hospital continues to monitor patients and employees for COVID-19 symptoms.
According to the release, the physician is “doing well and is self-isolating at home.”
Earlier this month, another employee at the hospital came in contact with a novel coronavirus patient and was quarantined as a precautionary measure.
The facility also announced Friday evening that it plans to comply with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order that calls for the cancellation of all non-essential elective surgeries that, if delayed, would not put a patient’s health at risk.
This story was originally published March 20, 2020 at 8:30 PM.
