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.
The chief minister is expecting about seven lakh doses for the 18+ beneficiaries in June
GUWAHATI: Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said the supply of vaccines to Assam would increase by 30% in June, 50% in July and then in August there would be no scarcity.
The vaccination exercise for the 18+ group is most likely to come to a halt in the state as the stock has plummeted to about 20,000, but the chief minister appealed to the youngsters to have patience till the new consignment of jabs arrives in the first week of June.
Even as a vast population is eagerly waiting for the vaccine shield, the CM said new options are being explored to administer breakthrough drugs to reduce the hospital stay period of Covid patients. He paid a visit to the Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) here on Sunday, which has started administering DRDO’s 2-DG anti-Covid drug.