Training on management of Covid infection among children conducted at Silchar Civil Hospital

June 6: A Training programme on the management of Covid-19 infection in paediatric age group was organised on Sunday at the Conference Hall of SM Dev Civil Hospital (SMDCH), Silchar. The training was attended by doctors, nurses, administrators of the hospitals and other care givers. As the country is passing through the 2nd wave of coronavirus, experts in the subject has already issued a caution about the forthcoming third wave wherein children may become more vulnerable to the infection. It is in this context that the training on management of Covid-19 among the children at Civil Hospital, Silchar assumes significance.

Meanwhile, Assam health minister Keshab Mahanta on Sunday hinted that during the third wave of Covid-19, there are high chances of children being infected with the deadly contagion, the minister informed that every medical college and district hospital will have pediatric ICUs.

Last week in Maharashtra, a certain district reported 9,000 Covid infections among children, hinting that the third wave may have possibly hit India.