COVID 19 battle: Haryana deploys 1,106 Final year MBBS students
Hariyana: With the increasing number of COVID cases in the state, the Haryana state government has taken a new strategy of deploying 1,106 final year MBBS students with the health department. All the final year medicos have been instructed to report to the Civil surgeon of district concerns by June 22nd.
Coronavirus cases in Haryana have increased during the past three weeks, with Gurgaon and Faridabad accounting for the majority of the cases as well as fatalities. The state health department bulletin said the total number of fatalities in the state has risen to 160 and the total number of COVID-19 affected victims in Haryana has already crossed 10,635 on Sunday.
In this scenario, the government has decided that 1106 students of 11 government colleges and some other private medical colleges should be appointed in various medical facilities.
Director of state medical education and research department (DMER Haryana) has given notices to all medical colleges and civil surgeons on June 19th stating, "The directors of Medical College and civil surgeons shall ensure to provide all necessary training to the MBBS doctors for effective tackling and management of COVID 19. The services of the students be used as per the guidelines issued by the government of India".
Indicating the reason behind such decision of employing additional manpower, the letter further added that "WHO has declared the COVID-19 pandemic as a public health emergency of international concern. There has been a recent surge in the number of positive cases in the state. The government is in the process of creating additional Healthcare facilities to effectively manage the cases and accordingly, there is a requirement of additional manpower. The Government of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has also highlighted the need for the requirement of increased human resources,"
The Director-General of Medical Education and Research, Haryana, with this letter, instructed 204 students of Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak to report to their assigned Rohtak, Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Rewari, and Fatehabad districts; while 100 students of BPS Government Medical College for Women, Khanpur Kalan will be serving in Sonepat and Jind districts;100 students of Maharaja Agarsen Medical College, Agroha, have been appointed in Hisar and Sirsa districts;103 students of SHK Government College, Nalhar (Mewat) will be assigned in Nuh, Palwal and Mahindergarh districts.
Moreover, 96 students of SGT Medical College, Gurugram will be appointed at Gurugram, two students of NC Medical College will be serving at Panipat, 150 students of Adesh Medical College, Kurukshetra will keep serving at Kurukshetra, Panipat, and Kaithal; 21 students of World Medical College, Jhajjar, have been assigned duties in Jhajjar district. Other than that, 79 students of Kalpana Chawla Medical College, Karnal will be performing duties in Karnal and Jhajjar district; 150 students of MM Institute of Medical Sciences, Mullana will be serving at Ambala, Panchkula, and Yamunanagar.
View the official order released to this effect by the DME Haryana below:
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