Nursing staff will be deployed to help doctors, General Rawat told PM Modi
New Delhi:
All medical personnel who retired from the armed forces in the last two years will be recalled and deployed at Covid facilities near their homes, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat told Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.
Briefing the PM about preparations made by the armed forces to help in the country s war against the virus, General Rawat said oxygen cylinders available with the military will be diverted to the hospitals that desperately need the live-saving gas amid the rapid second wave of Covid infections.
Updated 2 hours ago File photo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with United States President Joe Biden. | Narendra Modi via Twitter
India on Monday reported a record-breaking 3,52,991 new cases in a day, taking the total number of infections since the pandemic broke out in January 2020 to 1,73,13,163. This is the highest ever single-day rise in cases reported by any country so far, and the fifth consecutive day when the country has set such a grim global record. For the first time, 2,812 deaths were registered. The toll is now 1,95,123.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States President Joe Biden had a telephonic conversation on Monday, a day after America said it would send raw material for the Covishield vaccine. “Had a fruitful conversation with @POTUS @JoeBiden today,” Modi tweeted. “We discussed the evolving COVID situation in both countries in detail. I thanked President Biden for the support being provided by the United States to Indi
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NEW DELHI: India ordered its armed forces on Monday to help tackle surging new coronavirus infections that are overwhelming hospitals, as countries including Britain, Germany and the United States pledged to send urgent medical aid.
In a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat said oxygen would be released to hospitals from armed forces reserves and retired medical military personnel would join Covid-19 health facilities.
And where possible, military medical infrastructure will be made available to civilians, a government statement said, as new coronavirus infections hit a record peak for a fifth day.
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NEW DELHI, April 26 (Reuters) - India ordered its armed forces on Monday to help tackle surging new coronavirus infections that are overwhelming hospitals, as countries including Britain, Germany and the United States pledged to send urgent medical aid.
In a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat said oxygen would be released to hospitals from armed forces reserves and retired medical military personnel would join COVID-19 health facilities.