COVID-19 surge: IMA, four govt. hospital heads seek 15-day lockdown in Bihar
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With COVID-19 constructive circumstances rising on a regular basis in Bihar amid scarcity of oxygen, beds and anti-viral medication in hospitals, the State chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and heads of four authorities hospitals in Patna have urged the federal government to impose a 15-day lockdown.
“The medical experts’ view must be taken into consideration. IMA, Bihar chapter, urges government to impose 15 days’ lockdown in the State to curb the surge of COVID-19”, Ajay Kumar, vice-president of IMA, Bihar chapter, mentioned.
Similarly, heads of four authorities hospitals of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS), Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) and Nalanda Medical College and Hospitals (NMCH) too have urged the federal government for the same lockdown.
“If lockdown were imposed earlier, situation would have been more in control,” mentioned Binod Kumar Singh, superintendent of the NMCH, whereas, PMCH principal Vidyapati Choudhary appreciated restrictions imposed by the Bihar authorities, “but lockdown would bring the situation much in control”, he mentioned. N.R. Biswas of the IGIMS mentioned that “there should be 15 days lockdown imposed immediately in Bihar” and the AIIMS, Patna director, P.K. Singh too supported his view.
Meanwhile, the Bihar authorities has declared all accredited and accredited by district public relation departments journalists as frontline employees and directed officers involved to make sure vaccination of all journalists on precedence foundation.
On May 10, the federal government is scheduled to nominate 1,000 medical doctors by “walk-in” interview following new challenges of COVID-19.
On Sunday, Ashok Modi, youthful brother of former Deputy Chief Minister and BJP Rajya Sabha member Sushil Kumar Modi, chief submit grasp basic Anil Kumar, and poetess Shanti Jain died attributable to COVID-19 in Patna.
As many as 13,534 new constructive circumstances have been reported in the State with 97 deaths in final 24 hours. Patna district reported the best variety of new contaminated circumstances on Sunday with 2,748 individuals. The restoration fee to this point has been 77.36%.
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