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COVID 19: Maulana Azad Medical College PG Medical Students To Be Deployed For Duty

• byDoctor News Daily Team
• 18 February, 2025
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New Delhi - The Delhi government on decided to deploy PG medical students of Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) for duty in all districts of the city to handle the COVID-19cases..
According to an official, the move comes after Chief Secretary Vijay Dev sought the strengthening of efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus in all the districts of the national capital. A team of 10 students (2019-22 batch) will be deployed along with each district magistrate.
In its order, the health department has asked the dean of MAMC to ask PG students to report to chief district medical officers under the intimation to the respective district magistrate.
Earlier in the day, the government also decided to make accommodation arrangements for those undergoing COVID-19 tests until their reports are out. Over 740 rooms have been booked at various hotels, government flats in the national capital to lodge people till their corona reports come, an official said.
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Earlier, had reported about the delay in declaration of Final Year MBBS (Supplementary) Exam Results held under Delhi University amid ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus) epidemic. 82 attached to Maulana Azad Medical College are concerned with the issue.
Accordingly, urging the Medical Council of India (MCI) for its urgent intervention in the matter, the Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) had moved the authorities.
The association had pointed out that while the medical fraternity stands together in the national effort to stop the on-going COVID-19 epidemic and the imposition of lockdown all over the country is a welcome and much-needed measure to stop the transmission of the virus, our country needs all hands on deck to combat the virus.
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