The decision has been taken up followed by the complaints of negligence in giving treatment, food and other facilities by some COVID 19 patients and their near and dear ones.
"The residents have been harassing my family and adopting different ways to pressurise us to vacate our rented house," said Dr Bhatnagar adding that on Friday night they attacked him and fractured his arm.
Officials informed that the deceased was a resident of Jali Kothi area of the city who had come in contact with a Jamaat who stayed in a mosque of the locality.
The nine patients who have been discharged on Saturday include the first patient who had tested positive on March 27.
Abdul Ahmad was the father-in-law of Ikramul Hasan, the first Corona positive case reported in Meerut who transmitted the virus to many others during his stay with his in-laws here including the deceased.
A proposal in this regard has been sent to the state government and if it is accepted the final testing for the Corona suspected samples would be done right here.
