THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2024
Team Herald
PANJIM: The President of Goa Association of Resident Doctors (GARD) Dr Pratik Sawant said that there are around 28 doctors at Goa Medical College (GMC) who have tested COVID positive.
He added that the doctors will also be posted at the GMC’s Super Speciality Block and that they have been working for the last three years continuously without any COVID incentive or fee waiver.
Sources at GMC added that there are other doctors and medical staff who have symptoms and are undergoing further tests.
A senior doctor looking after GMC’s administration also confirmed that many doctors as well as nurses have tested positive for COVID. He said that a meeting was held where guidelines were put in place for medical staff in view of the COVID wave and how to look after the patients who are visiting the premier hospital in large numbers.
He also called on such visitors to follow COVID protocols when in the hospital.
Meanwhile, Dr Shekhar Salkar, member of the Expert Committee on COVID advised the public to follow COVID precautions to ensure that health services are not overburdened. He pointed out that a large number of doctors and nurses in the State have got infected with the virus.
