Shortage of doctors! India govt looks for service of volunteer doctors to fight Covid-19 

March 25: The total cases of the novel coronavirus disease in India rose to 606 as India entered the second day of a three-week lockdown. The tally includes 10 people who have succumbed to the respiratory illness. Cases in India have more than tripled in the last five days.

The country is facing an unprecedented public health emergency with the COVID-19 pandemic affecting several parts of the nation. The Central and state governments have made exceptional efforts to combat the crisis along with the involvement of all citizens.

In case the outbreak leads to a high number of infected individuals, our public health facilities will face tremendous load to take care of the large number of patients. This overwhelming burden may not be met by the available doctors in the public health system. The Central and state governments are augmenting and expediting increase in healthcare services in every part of the country. In addition, COVID-19 ‘train hospitals’ are being created in this regard.

Unprecedented times call for unprecedented measures!

In the fight against the #COVID19, the Govt requests volunteer #doctors who are fit and willing to be available, to come forward & provide their services during this global pandemic.

Register: https://t.co/EbQDwiELbR pic.twitter.com/0bXl89nWmv

— NITI Aayog (@NITIAayog) March 25, 2020

It is in this backdrop that the government of India is looking for volunteer doctors to fight the outbreak of coronavirus in the country. On Wednesday,  NITI Aayog’s website carried an appeal wherein it was stated, “The Government of India requests for volunteer doctors who are fit and willing to be available for providing their services in the public health facilities and the training hospitals in the near future. We appeal to such doctors to come forward at this hour of need.”

The government appealed to retired government, Armed Forces Medical Services, public sector undertaking or private doctors to come forward and join the efforts of the government to fight the deadly virus. Volunteers were asked to register themselves on a link provided on the official website of the Niti Aayog. Click here to register