Karnataka Draws Up Action Plan, To Use Medical Students To Combat Covid

The government decided to use the students in the final year of Nursing, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Ayush doctors, dentists and hospital management for COVID-19 duty.

With four lakh active COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, the State government on Saturday drew a detailed action plan to combat the pandemic. Held detailed discussion with managements of private hospitals to expand availability of beds and optimize existing resources. Oxygen beds will be set up at step down hospitals using portable oxygen concentrators and centralized oxygen beds will be converted into ICU beds. 1/4 pic.twitter.com/jDJdferqH2 An expert group will be constituted to advise government on prevention and mitigation of possible third and future waves of infection. The pandemic is an unprecedented challenge to humanity and we have to defeat it together with confidence, compassion and collaboration. 4/4 The action plan includes roping in final year medical and nursing students. The government decided to use the students in the final year of Nursing, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Ayush doctors, dentists and hospital management for COVID-19 duty. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa with the head of top private medical hospitals.