'The facilities are better here and doctors are listening to people,' said Shantanu Tripathy (name changed) who came for testing.

Shantanu, a college student, said the doctors gave him a self declaration form and a mask before allowing him to enter the screening ward.

'The best part is every one is ready to adopt precaution here. This dispels the fear of contracting the disease in the hospital,' he added.

True to his comments, from guards to attendants all were wearing surgical masks irrespective of their posting in casualty ward or burns ward.

'We have been told to wear a mask always,' Rajesh, a guard, told IANS.

Currently 616 people have been diagnosed with the contagious disease across the country of which 487 have been discharged. Reeda Shaikh, a 14-year-old student, succumbed to the virus in Pune Monday.