Even as the country’s health care infrastructure of beds, ventilators, and personal protective gear is ramped up and new therapies prescribed to treat Covid-19 patients, the shortage of critical care specialists has become acute as the number of cases rises.
Health care professionals and state governments are addressing the problem in a two-pronged strategy of training doctors to become intensivists and adopt the telemedicine route. According to a Ficci-NatHealth report on telemedicine, 1.7 million Covid-positive cases are expected to seek tele-support in the next 100 ...
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First Published: Sun, June 14 2020. 18:33 IST
