Haryana to deploy final-year MBBS students in COVID duty amid spike in cases

Amid rising number of COVID-19 cases, Haryana government has said final-year MBBS students studying in government and private medical colleges will be deployed for effective manment of pandemic.

death toll due to COVID-19 in Haryana on Sunday rose to 160 with 11 fresh fatalities, while infection tally climbed to 10,635 as 412 more people tested positive for disease, a health department bulletin said.

director general of medical education and research in Haryana said in an order that 1,106 final-year MBBS students of 11 government and private medical colleges in state have been assigned COVID duties and y shall report to civil surgeons of districts concerned.

re has been a surge in number of COVID positive cases in Haryana.

government is in process of creating ditional healthcare facilities to effectively man COVID-19 cases which required ditional manpower, order dated June 19 said.

government has decided that all final-year MBBS students of all government and private medical colleges in state shall be deputed with health department with immediate effect, it said.

directors of medical colleges and civil surgeons shall ensure that students are provided all necessary training, it ded.

According to order, students have been asked to report to civil surgeons concerned by June 22.

If needed, civil surgeons shall also ensure boarding and lodging arrangements for students, order stated.

Coronavirus cases in Haryana have risen sharply during past three weeks, with Gurgaon and Faridab accounting for majority of cases as well as fatalities.

Of 11 fresh fatalities on Sunday, Gurgaon and Faridab, among Haryana's worst-hit districts, accounted for nine fresh fatalities.

death toll in Gurgaon and Faridab, which fall in National Capital Region (NCR), has w climbed to 64 and 56, respectively.

state health department bulletin said with 11 more COVID-19 deaths total number of fatalities in state has risen to 160.

Of total fatalities in Haryana, 109 are males and 51 females.

With 412 fresh infections, total number of COVID-19 cases in Haryana rose to 10,635 on Sunday, bulletin said. Gurgaon alone accounts for 4,427 cases in Haryana, while Faridab has 2,237 cases.