Kerala Government Doctors Call For COVID-19 War Room In Medical Colleges

Doctors have urged the Kerala government to set up a 'COVID-19 war room' in state-run medical colleges to coordinate the treatment arrangements for the pandemic.

A section of doctors have urged the Kerala government to set up a 'COVID-19 war room' in state-run medical colleges to coordinate the treatment arrangements for the pandemic and implement special disability insurance for medical staff suffering from permanant health issues due to the viral infection. As the country was facing the second wave of the disease, the Kerala Government Medical Teachers' Association (KGMCTA) has submitted a set of expert suggestions to the authorities to consider for immediate implementation. The suggestions prepared by an expert panel appointed by the outfit's Thiruvananthapuram unit, were handed over to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Health Minister KK Shailaja the other day, a statement said here on Saturday. Among the suggestions, the association wanted the government to reserve the medical colleges exclusively for the treatment of critical COVID patients who are in urgent need of oxygen or ventilator support. It also called for making the treatment of ordinary diseases via OP completely online or through smaller hospitals.