MP: Junior doctors end week-long strike after meeting with govt
India | June 07, 2021 14:49 ISTAround 3,000 junior doctors in Madhya Pradesh, who were on strike since a week over their various demands, called off their protest on Monday.
Around 3,000 junior doctors in Madhya Pradesh, who were on strike since a week over their various demands, called off their protest on Monday.
A total of 624 doctors have died due to COVID-19 in the ongoing second wave with Delhi recording the maximum 109 fatalities, the Indian Medical Association's (IMA) has said.
As per the data released, Delhi has the highest casualties which recorded 103 deaths alone. Bihar was second in the list with 96 casualties, while in Uttar Pradesh, 41 doctors succumbed to Covid-19
"What is the problem with this? What is your ego issue in this? I don't see anything wrong in this. I am sorry a doctor is coming to court like this," Justice Palli said
As many as 420 doctors lost their lives in the country during the second wave of Covid-19, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) said on Saturday.
The Indian Medical Association on Thursday released fresh figures on Covid-related fatalities among doctors, saying 329 of them succumbed to the disease during the ongoing second wave of the pandemic.
The list of the deceased doctors includes former IMA president Dr K K Aggarwal, who succumbed to the deadly virus on Monday.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday stressed on the role of private doctors, specially family physicians, in the fight against COVID-19, saying they can help in early diagnosis of the infection in their patients and facilitate timely treatment for them.
Masks are a key measure to suppress transmission and save lives.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday urged hospitals in Delhi not to raise alarms unnecessarily over oxygen shortage and appealed to the media to verify claims before reporting. Such acts hamper efforts to provide help to hospitals that really need assistance, Sisodia, who is also the nodal minister for COVID-19 management in Delhi, said.
Dressed in PPE kits, medical staff of a hospital in Gujarat's Vadodara was seen dancing in front of COVID patients.
In the highest single-day spike, India reported more than 1.52 lakh new Covid-19 cases on Sunday. According to the ministry, the country recorded 1,52,879 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday. With this, the total number of infections on Sunday reached 1,33,58,805 in India.
At least 35 staff members of the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) have been found positive for coronavirus. The staff includes doctors and nurses. On Thursday, the national capital reported over 7,400 cases of Covid-19 at a time when the country is going through the second wave of coronavirus.
At least 35 staff members of the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) have been found positive for coronavirus. The staff includes doctors and nurses.
The doctors have decided to start their indefinite agitation from March 22. Before that, all of them would go on a mass casual leave next Friday.
A dispute emerged between doctors and a police constable at a hospital in Chhattisgarh's Raipur.
After a video of government doctors in Rajasthan's Alwar dancing during their working hours went viral, a probe has been ordered to investigate the matter, informed Sushil Batra, Deputy Controller of Rajiv Gandhi Govt General Hospital, where the incident took place.
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader VK Sasikala, who was shifted from the Central Jail in Bengaluru to the Lady Curzon Hospital after complaining of fever, is in a stable condition, as informed by her nephew in Bengaluru.
Doctors and paramedics in the illegally occupied Gilgit Baltistan took to streets against the government and accused it of discrimination and mistreatment.
As many as 25 people fell sick in Eluru town of West Godavari district on Saturday, 18 of them are children and the remaining seven are adults.
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