Doctors’ associations call for a lockdown Updated: Updated: ‘Health infrastructure is overwhelmed’ AAA Tamil Nadu, Chennai, 03/05/2021 : As the number of hospitalisations due to the Coronavirus disease in Chennai city, Nurses assist a Oxygen support patient inside the COVID-19 ward at Tower-3, Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) in Chennai on Monday. Photo : Jothi Ramalingam .B / The Hindu
‘Health infrastructure is overwhelmed’ With cases continuing to surge in Tamil Nadu, doctors’ associations are worried about the “overburdened” healthcare infrastructure and have called for an intense lockdown to cut down disease transmission and step up infrastructural requirements. Government doctors’ associations have already submitted representations, recommending a lockdown.