Kerala government to send team of doctors, nurses to Maharashtra

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Frontline workers in Kerala have proved that coordinated working and a strict approach to tracing and treating Covid-19 works tremendously in stopping the spread of the coronavirus. After becoming the first state in India to flatten the Covid-19 graph in India, the Government of Kerala is planning on sending a team of doctors and nurses to Maharashtra in order to assist them in fighting the battle against the pandemic. The team will comprise of 50 doctors and 100 nurses. The doctors’ team will include pulmonologists, anesthetists, physicians and junior doctors and will most likely be headed by Dr Santosh Kumar, Superintendent, Thiruvananthapuram Medical College. Dr Kumar was the same doctor who headed the team that the state government sent to Kasargod district in Kerala, where the number of cases were once the highest in the country.

The Government of Maharashtra had sought the Kerala government’s assistance in order to stop the spread of coronavirus.

The team of doctors and nurses will be deployed on a temporary basis in both private and government hospitals and will assist the pre-existing medical personnel in treating the large inflow of Covid-19 patients. The team from Kerala is likely to set out to Maharashtra by the end of this week. Reluctance has been noticed from the nurses as the pay decided for the team is quite less. The state government is currently undergoing the selection process for the team who will stay in Maharashtra for a month.