The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Saturday (May 8, 2021) urged the central government to impose a complete nationwide lockdown in India to break the COVID-19 transmission chain.
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New Delhi: Highlighting the fact that the country has lost 756 doctors in the first wave and over 146 in the second wave, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has questioned the lack of transparency in reporting Covid-19 deaths, as well as the manpower shortage, drug shortage and the ‘oxygen crisis’ in the country in a scathing press release issued Saturday.
Titled ‘IMA demands health ministry to wake up from slumber and responds to mitigate the growing challenges in Covid Pandemic’, the release said: “Hundreds of deaths happening in big hospitals are shown as non-COVID deaths and crematoriums are showing houseful boards. RTPCR negative, but CT positive cases are not counted. Why are we trying to hide actual deaths?”
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NEW DELHI: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Saturday lashed out at the Centre for its handling of the Covid-19 situation in the country saying that the medical body is astonished to see extreme lethargy and inappropriate actions from the Union health ministry in combatting the pandemic. IMA is astonished to see the extreme lethargy and inappropriate actions from the Ministry of health in combatting the agonising crisis born out of the devastating second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, read an official statement by the IMA. The collective consciousness, proactive cognisance, and requests made by the IMA and other professional learned colleagues are put into the dust bin, and often without realizing the ground realities the decisions are taken, the statement added.
Life precious than Economy : IMA says Lockdown only option to break the chain
The Central government had refused to implement the lockdown resulting in mounting of new patients beyond four lakhs every day, IMA said
Saturday May 8, 2021 3:09 PM, IANS
New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Saturday slammed the Union Health Ministry, saying it is astonished to see the extreme lethargy and inappropriate actions from the department in combating the agonizing crisis caused by the devastating second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Noting that the collective consciousness, proactive cognizance, and requests made by the IMA and other professional learned colleagues are put into the dustbin , the association said the decisions are taken without realizing the ground realities .
Indian Medical Association calls for complete lockdown, asks govt to wake up from slumber
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Saturday lashed out at the Centre for its handling of the COVID-19 situation in the country. Patient suffering from COVID-19 is treated at Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi. (Image: Reuters)
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Updated: May 8, 2021, 06:22 PM IST
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Saturday lashed out at the Centre for its handling of the COVID-19 situation in the country saying that the medical body is astonished to see extreme lethargy and inappropriate actions from the Union Health Ministry in combating the pandemic.