<p class="title">The medical education department has decided to constitute scientific task force committees at the district level, to monitor Covid-19 cases.</p>.<p class="bodytext">These committees will comprise specialists from all faculties and monitor each Covid-19 positive case reported from that particular district. This follows suggestions given by experts from medical associations during the video conference held by Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar recently.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The committees will have specialists like paediatricians, gynaecologists, virologists, pulmonologists, critical care and general physicians.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Till date, there are Covid-19 positive cases reported in 19 districts including Bengaluru Urban. The recent case reported from Vijayapura has raised a concern among the doctors in the state. As per government protocol, every district hospital is getting ready and some of them have already set up facilities to tackle Covid-19. The teleservices are arranged from the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases in Bengaluru, to guide doctors in the districts.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During the video conference, the doctors brought to the notice of the minister that the Shivamogga district administration has already constituted such a team of doctors and it is effective in curbing the spread of Covid-19 and requested the minister to follow the same model in other districts.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dr Kiran Deshmukh, who practises in Kalaburagi, said, “We must have a task force in each district so that there is coordination of work. Constituting such a committee will help in following instructions and treatment protocols."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sudhakar said this option can be explored given the large pool of doctors in the state. “In fact we have a high number of doctors compared to other states and we can easily build a team to monitor the progress in each district. Critical care and paediatricians are key areas where we need more inputs from the doctors.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">The minister directed the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences to collect details of doctors and specialists available in each district in a day or two. Soon after collecting the details, the department will constitute the district-level committees.</p>
<p class="title">The medical education department has decided to constitute scientific task force committees at the district level, to monitor Covid-19 cases.</p>.<p class="bodytext">These committees will comprise specialists from all faculties and monitor each Covid-19 positive case reported from that particular district. This follows suggestions given by experts from medical associations during the video conference held by Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar recently.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The committees will have specialists like paediatricians, gynaecologists, virologists, pulmonologists, critical care and general physicians.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Till date, there are Covid-19 positive cases reported in 19 districts including Bengaluru Urban. The recent case reported from Vijayapura has raised a concern among the doctors in the state. As per government protocol, every district hospital is getting ready and some of them have already set up facilities to tackle Covid-19. The teleservices are arranged from the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases in Bengaluru, to guide doctors in the districts.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During the video conference, the doctors brought to the notice of the minister that the Shivamogga district administration has already constituted such a team of doctors and it is effective in curbing the spread of Covid-19 and requested the minister to follow the same model in other districts.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dr Kiran Deshmukh, who practises in Kalaburagi, said, “We must have a task force in each district so that there is coordination of work. Constituting such a committee will help in following instructions and treatment protocols."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sudhakar said this option can be explored given the large pool of doctors in the state. “In fact we have a high number of doctors compared to other states and we can easily build a team to monitor the progress in each district. Critical care and paediatricians are key areas where we need more inputs from the doctors.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">The minister directed the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences to collect details of doctors and specialists available in each district in a day or two. Soon after collecting the details, the department will constitute the district-level committees.</p>
