AROUND TAMILNADU

AROUND TAMILNADU

26.04.2021

It takes up to 5 days to get test results in Trichy

The Tamilnadu Government Doctors Association recently submitted a set of recommendations to the state government to control the rising number of Covid-19 cases. In a statement, association president K Senthil said the government should ensure shops deliver essentials at doorsteps so that people don’t have to step out. They added that work-from-home should be encouraged at government and private offices and that only one-third of the workers should be allowed to use offices at a given point of time. They added that biomedical engineers should be deployed to ensure proper maintenance of ventilators and oxygen supply system. The Indian Medical Association (IMA), in a statement, requested the state government not to divert oxygen to other states until Tamil Nadu becomes selfsufficient.

Civil service aspirants to be trained online this year

Due to the Covid-19 second wave, the state- government sponsored coaching for civil service aspirants will be held online again. The state government had ordered that all its coaching institutes be closed from April 19 due to the surge in Covid cases. “All aspirants residing on Anna Institute of Management premises have returned to their native places. To help them, the institute will post lectures by experts on various topics on its two YouTube channels,” the institute said in a release. The online coaching will continue till inperson classes are permitted. The two YouTube channels of the institute have more than 22,000 followers.

Doctors chalk out plans to check Covid spike

The Tamilnadu Government Doctors Association recently submitted a set of recommendations to the state government to control the rising number of Covid-19 cases. In a statement, association president K Senthil said the government should ensure shops deliver essentials at doorsteps so people don’t have to step out. They said biomedical engineers should be deployed to ensure proper maintenance of ventilators and oxygen supply system. The Indian Medical Association, in a statement, requested the state not to divert oxygen to other states until Tamil Nadu becomes self-sufficient.