VK Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog said on the Salute Our Saviours Telethon that as 2020 draws to a close there is a sense of optimism and it is a matter of great pride that six vaccine candidates are in advanced stages of clinical trials on the soil of India. Saluting all the healthcare workers, Mr Paul said that everyone from people at the hospital reception to technicians, ambulance drivers to community health workers - the ASHA and Anganwadi workers have shown exemplary courage and done remarkable work in spreading awareness and imparting information. Mr Paul said these people were directly in touch with the community and identifying patients and their contacts who need to be quarantined and so were at great risk during this entire period.
A doctor in Assam is winning hearts with his energetic performance to the song Ghungroo from the movie War. A video that is being widely circulated online shows Dr Arup Senapati dancing to the song while clad in a full PPE kit, apparently in a bid to cheer up COVID-19 patients at his Silchar hospital.
Days after Delhi's Corona Warrior doctors did stress-busting, immunity-boosting yoga with COVID-19 patients, visuals of them dancing with patients have brought cheer to the country even as its total case count came close to 12 lakh.
A 42-year-old contractual doctor, who was working with Delhi government's National Health Mission, died yesterday of coronavirus.
Indore-based doctor, Ajay Joshi, who treated hundreds of coronavirus patients since the outbreak of the pandemic, had tested positive for the deadly virus on May 23 and was admitted to city's Choithram Hospital the next day. After batting the infection for over two weeks, Dr Joshi died at the hospital Tuesday morning.
A 58-year-old sanitation supervisor at Delhi's AIIMS died on Sunday after contracting the fatal coronavirus infection. He had tested positive for the deadly virus four days ago.