17/09/2020
Special Correspondent CHENNAI
After being posted for 84 hours of duty in a week, assistant professors of the Department of General Medicine, Government Tiruvannamalai Medical College Hospital, have flagged their concerns to the Chief Minister and officials of the Health Department.
In a representation to the Chief Minister’s Special Cell, the Health Secretary and the Directorate of Medical Education, the assistant professors said they were facing mental agony due to repeated exposure to COVID-19, with work burden not being shared by other departments, particularly the Anaesthesia Department. The issue remained unresolved despite repeated representations to the dean, they said.
Anaesthetists were posted only on on-call duty for managing sick COVID-19 patients in the ICU. “As per ICMR guidelines, anaesthetists, respiratory physicians and doctors of general medicine are the primary care providers in COVID-19 management. But at the Tiruvannamalai Medical College Hospital, anaesthetists are not posted on regular duty at COVID-19 isolation wards or ICU care,” a doctor, on condition of anonymity, said.
They sought the Chief Minister’s immediate intervention.
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