They will be deployed in govt. medical college hospitals and attached institutions for 6 months
The Directorate of Medical Education (DME) will recruit 2,100 medical officers on contract for six months for managing patients with COVID-19 in government medical college hospitals and attached institutions in the State. The doctors will be appointed on a consolidated pay of ₹60,000 a month.
The State government has sanctioned ₹75.6 crore for appointing the doctors, temporarily, to handle the COVID-19 exigency in medical college hospitals and attached institutions. The recruitment is subject to the condition that candidates be made aware that the appointment is purely temporary as per the recent direction of the Madras High Court.
Back-ache, joint pain, insomnia, and depression common among those who have recovered
Testing negative for COVID-19 does not signal the end of ordeal for some who continue to report persistent symptoms for weeks or months. Doctors are anticipating that more such instances will be reported over the next few weeks, considering the recent spike in cases.
A 30-year-old ASHA worker in Piravom who tested positive around mid-April is yet to recover entirely. A persistent cough and breathlessness meant that she had to get a chest X-ray done recently. “I have been trying to get back to work, but the fatigue makes me want to sit or lie down all the time,” she says.
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Jammu : ‘In the first five minutes of joining, I watched a Covid patient succumbing to critical conditions. I was there, I did all I could but it wasn’t enough. I still get chills reminiscing about the fateful day’, recalls Dr Shefali Verma, an intern, presently serving in Covid care ward at Government Medical College & Hospital, Jammu.
MBBS pass outs, Dr Needa Dar and Dr Shefali Verma are among several young doctors providing exceptional services in times of Covid pandemic. They’ve been serving for about a month now.
Detailing their routine, they said, “We usually attend serious Covid patients, monitor their vitals, operate BiPAP machine, high flow and mechanical oxygen supply apparatus, and if need be, report to our seniors’.
Opine masks don’t spread infection, diabetics have always been vulnerable to fungal attacks
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Soiled masks would not result in black fungus infection among Covid patients as the growing scientific evidence dismisses the fear mongering on the social media. Instead, health experts point the sudden increase in black fungus cases to the misuse of steroids, antibiotics and zinc tablets. While people with uncontrolled diabetes have always been vulnerable to fungal attacks, the increase in cases has given rise to various assumptions.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in his daily briefing clarified that there was no scientific evidence linking masks and black fungus. He said the use of masks is beneficial in preventing the fungal infection.
Accidental swapping of bodies in Tiruppur causes stir
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The Government Medical College Hospital in Tiruppur will hold an inquiry on the alleged accidental swapping of the bodies of two patients who died of COVID-19 at the hospital on Tuesday.
According to police sources privy to the development, the relatives of an 83-year-old man from Tiruppur who died of COVID-19 at Tiruppur Government Medical College Hospital on Tuesday faced a rude shock after unzipping the body bag at a crematorium in the city on Tuesday afternoon to find out that it was a different body. The relatives informed the Tiruppur South police, who conducted an inquiry along with Revenue Department officials at the hospital.