The Lead: Expert on ICMR's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic

In this episode of The Lead from DH Radio, Dr N K Ganguly tells DH all about how the ICMR has handled the Covid-19 pandemic.

Hi and welcome to the Lead by DH Radio. The pandemic has been here for quite some time. How has it been handled? In today's episode, former director-general of Indian Council of Medical Research Dr N K Ganguly tells DH's Suraksha P about how the ICMR has fared so far.

Listen in.

Suraksha P: We are joined by Dr N K Ganguly, the former director-general of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). As you know, the ICMR has had its hands full for the past 8 months of the pandemic, whose scale the world hasn't seen before. Hi, Dr Gangully, thank you so much for joining with Decan Herald.

Dr N K Ganguly: Thank you, Suraksha

Suraksha: So, let me begin by asking: You have been at the helm of affairs of ICMR, what do you think of how the apex research body has handled the pandemic so far?

Dr Ganguly: The ICMR has been at the helm of handling the pandemics. In my time, we handled 11 of them. Whether it was H5N1 or it was SARS...

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