Min wants medicos to take the lead

Min wants medicos to take the lead

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Bengaluru:11.02.2021 

Medical students should lead the Covid-19 inoculation programme by taking the vaccine, said K Sudhakar, health and medical education minister, during the inauguration of the obstetric triage at Vani Vilas Hospital in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

Sudhakar’s comments come in the wake of medicos postponing the jab citing exams. “Medical students should be ambassadors of the drive,” he said. “Other staff will then be inspired. There are no side effects. Students should shoulder the responsibility of boosting morale of the public.”

He said some states had announced a cut in salary if employees refuse inoculation, but Karnataka hasn’t gone that far. “More than 25 countries want our vaccines. Here, it is being offered free. People should take it,” he said. He said Covid has taught people the importance of health. “Health infrastructure has improved. Today the health and medical education departments have 30,000 oxygenated beds, up from 7.500 prior to the pandemic,” he said.