Community members and businesses who benefited from the slain Dr George Koboka’s excellent work have started counting their losses as his premises in Diepkloof, Soweto remain empty.
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.