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Senior officials from Telangana Health department said that door-to-door fever survey to identify COVID-19 suspects and lock down has led to drop in COVID-19 patient load on hospitals. Director of Medical Education Dr. K. Ramesh Reddy said that decrease in hospital admissions indicates drop in prevalence of coronavirus.
The senior official said that pandemics peak up to a point and drop. “The time it takes to peak and come down depends on the measures taken. The basic difference between the first and second lock down is the door-to-door survey. People who did not know there were positive were identified, tested, treated, and isolated. This definitely contributed to overall drop in positivity,” Dr. Ramesh Reddy said.
Junior doctors call off their agitation
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Govt. issues order hiking stipend by 15%
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Osmania Medical College junior doctors hold placards stage a protest demanding compensation for their colleagues who lost their lives on Covid-19 duty, in Hyderabad on Thursday.
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Govt. issues order hiking stipend by 15%
Resident senior and junior doctors who abstained from elective duties at government hospitals across the State on Wednesday and emergencies on Thursday called off their agitation in the night.
The strike was withdrawn after the government issued an order enhancing the stipend of senior residents by 15 %, up from ₹ 70,000 to 85,500 per month with effect from January 1 last. However, the doctors had been demanding the hike from January 2020. The boycott of emergencies by doctors did not have much impact as the government had already made alternative arrangements at all hospitals.