Odisha to involve AYUSH doctors, students in battle against COVID-19
Apr 8, 2020, 17:54 IST
Bhubaneswar, Apr 8 () The Odisha government hasdecided to engage 1,620 AYUSH personnel including doctors,post-graduate and under-graduate students in the fight againstcoronavirus in the state, official sources said on Wednesday.
In a letter to all District Ayurveda Medical Officersand District Homeopathic Medical Officer, Health and FamilyWelfare Secretary N B Dhal said all the 1,620 personnel willbe imparted required training to deal with COVID-19 patients.
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The ministry of health and family welfare isdeveloping training material for AYUSH personnel, Dhal said.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in the statecurrently is 42. Of them, two persons recovered and one died.
The state government has already trained around 5,000MBBS and post-graduate students of three state-run medicalcolleges and master trainers. AAMNN NN(This story has not been edited by www.businessinsider.in and is auto–generated from a syndicated feed we subscribe to.)