Junior doctors stage a silent protest at the GMCH on Wednesday.
GUWAHATI: Doctors on Wednesday boycotted OPD services, as healthcare in the testing time of Covid suffered a major jolt with widespread protests against the assault of a doctor in Hojai. The Indian Medical Association (IMA) Assam chapter has further threatened to boycott Covid duty from Thursday if the state government fails to deploy armed police in Covid care facilities and assure fast-track trial of the culprits in three months.
At the call of the Assam Medical Service Association (Amsa), another leading association of doctors, and supported by IMA, the OPD boycott protests started from Wednesday morning. We are going to withdraw OPD services from Wednesday so that people realise the importance of doctors. Next time, if any such incident of assault on any health worker takes place, we will immediately cease all services, Amsa said in a statement.
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GUWAHATI: The Assam government has directed all the government medical college & hospitals to share COVID-19 related information and other aspects to public via social media.
Further as per the directions of the state government, all the eight medical colleges and hospitals are now gearing up to share each and every bit of information on COVID-19 and also share positive stories and solicit feedback and suggestions for the public.
Social media handles of the Assam government medical colleges
Meanwhile, the social media handles of the government medical colleges are:
1. Gauhati Medical College & Hospital (GMCH) - Twitter handle @gmchgauhati, however, the Facebook page will be available soon
The woman has been admitted to a Covid ward. The newborn is in another ward.
Guwahati:
Prompt action by paramedical staff helped a 20-year-old Covid positive woman deliver a healthy baby girl inside an ambulance while she was being rushed to the Jorhat Medical College Hospital in Assam s Jorhat district on Wednesday.
The baby has tested negative for COVID-19 and both the mother and child are learnt to be doing well.
The woman had come to her parents home at Cintamonigarh village in Bhogamukh, about 23 km from Jorhat town, when she developed labor pain.
According to health officials, she was first taken to the primary healthcare centre. From there, considering her condition and Covid positive status, she was rushed to the Jorhat Medical College in an ambulance.
The baby has tested negative and another Covid test will be performed on the mother in the next 24 hours.
GUWAHATI: A 20-year-old Covid patient delivered a healthy baby in an ambulance while she was on her way to Jorhat Medical College Hospital (JMCH).
The woman was at her maternal home at Chintamoni Garh near Teok, where she got infected. She started experiencing labour pain on Tuesday morning, and was initially taken to Bhogamukh Model Hospital, which is nearby, her family said. However, her mother was worried if her delivery will be done seamlessly, as she was Covid-positive, and wanted her daughter to be admitted in the JMCH.