Resident doctors’ COVID-19 duty should not exceed 8 hours and 7 days: IMA
The Hindu
After this, there should be a quarantine of 10 to 14 days in accommodation prescribed by hospital, it says
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has requested the Central and State governments to ensure that the COVID-19 duty of resident doctors should not exceed eight hours a day and seven days, after which there should be a quarantine of 10 to 14 days in the accommodation prescribed by the hospital. Also, there should be a provision for taking care of their mental health.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the IMA said that in the event of COVID-19 duty doctors becoming ill, they should be admitted to the respective hospital at the earliest, and in case of untimely death, the status of COVID-19 martyr and compensation as well as case-wise assistance should be arranged.
Around 2,000 doctors died in the second wave of COVID-19. The mortality rate in the country was around 1.5% among the general population and around 2-3% among the healthcare workers. According to this estimate, coronavirus occurred in about 1,00,000 doctors.