KOCHI: Social activist and doctor Shinu Shyamalan asserted that a Keralite from abroad who reached a private clinic suffering from fever fled abroad after he was asked to undergo corona tests. She alleged that even after passing his details to the hospital authorities and the government, no effort was taken to prevent him from flying abroad.

On information obtained it was asserted that he is under observation in Qatar. The doctor said that she has been terminated from the private clinic where she was working for having shared the details in the social media. She was working in a clinic at Thalikulam in Thrissur.

Her words
A person with high fever came to see me two days back. In the present situation, asked him whether he had visited any foreign places, he said that he is from Qatar. He said that he came on February 30, when I raised a suspicion, he immediately changed it to January 30. When I asked him whether he had reported to the health department, he said ‘no’. He said that he is not interested in informing the health department. He also said that he has to return back to Qatar today.