Doctors, Healthcare Workers Testing Positive A Worry As Covid Cases Spike
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Covid Wave In India: Over the past few days around 150 medical professionals each from Delhi and Bihar have tested positive, as have nearly 300 from Bengal and an unspecified number from Bengaluru.
A worrying number of doctors, hospital staff, and healthcare workers - the first line of defence against the coronavirus - are among tens of thousands testing positive for COVID-19 every day, as the third wave threatens to overwhelm the country's medical infrastructure.
Over the past few days around 150 medical professionals each from Delhi and Bihar have tested positive, as have nearly 300 from Bengal and an unspecified number from Bengaluru.
In Mumbai 157 doctors at the King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital have tested positive, with another 80 falling ill at Sion Hospital and nearly as many at others in the city. Across Maharashtra over 260 have tested positive so far, the Association of Resident Doctors has said.
And with Covid cases continuing to spike as they are, the prospect of a shortage of qualified medical professionals available to treat patients brings back worrying memories of the second wave, when the government had to turn to medical students to offset the human resource gap.
