Powered by Omicron Better India As the cases of Covid rise, more and more healthcare workers are finding it difficult to protect themselves from getting infected. With the daily cases crossing the 1 lakh mark on Friday, nearly 10 per cent of healthcare workers across the country have tested positive for COVID-19.
“The number of healthcare workers infected with Covid-19 is very high. On an average, around 10 per cent of the healthcare fraternity is Covid positive,” said Dr Johnrose Austin Jayalal, former national president of the Indian Medical Association (IMA). business Line,
“We are getting reports from every college that 100-150 people are infected with Kovid, which makes up 10 per cent of all healthcare workers across the country,” he said.
Meanwhile, according to government sources, around 200 doctors across Delhi are currently Covid positive. Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya met health workers infected with Kovid on Thursday.
“In Maulana Azad Medical College, more than 20 are affected by Kovid, and in AIIMS, Delhi, around 60 doctors have Covid. At Safdarjung Hospital, around 50 have contracted Covid and in Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, around 25 have coronavirus,” said a government source. business Line,
third wave
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain had said on January 5 that the third wave has arrived. In Delhi, the daily positivity rate is close to 20 per cent.
“We have put in place a roster system so that at one point, some can report on duty for five days and others can work from home for two days. Bishnu Panigrahi, Group Head, Fortis Healthcare said, “We have made this arrangement to avoid manpower crunch.
“PD Hinduja Hospital has a good bed:nurse and bed:doctor ratio. So even if some of our colleagues test positive, we can manage and run the scenario. We are also doing our best to keep the team motivated, and the second thing is probably working because alternative non-covid cases are comparatively less so resources are being diverted to covid facilities. So, I am sure that post COVID, there will be a lot of discussion on how we can strengthen health resources and manpower to scale up and manage similar situations in future,” said Joy Chakraborty, PD Hinduja Hospital and MRC , COO at Mahim, Mumbai. said.
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