It decides to bear the cost of treatment amounting to ₹1.50 crore
The State government has announced that it will bear the cost of treatment, amounting to ₹1.50 crore, of N. Bhaskara Rao, a medical officer in the primary health centre at Karamchedu in Prakasam district, who is battling for life following COVID-19 complications at a corporate hospital in Hyderabad.
An official release said that Dr. Bhaskara Rao and his wife Bhagya Lakshmi, an assistant professor in Guntur Medical College, had tested positive for COVID-19 and were admitted to the Government General Hospital in Guntur on April 30. They were administered Remdesivir injection.
Villagers raise ₹20 lakh to save ‘people’s doctor’
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Coronavirus-hit Bhaskara Rao has been advised lung transplant that costs ₹2 crore
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Coronavirus-hit Bhaskara Rao has been advised lung transplant that costs ₹2 crore
N. Bhaskara Rao, a doctor and Medical Officer of the Primary Health Centre (PHC) at the remote Karamchedu village in Prakasam district, had helped hundreds of people infected by COVID-19 stage a smart recovery, instilling in them the much-needed courage to combat the viral disease.
The 38-year-old doctor had used all his persuasive skills to convince the villagers to undergo the COVID-19 test and get themselves vaccinated as the virus spread thick and fast.