'Engage Asst/Asso Profs at RIMS, for Covid duty'
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 27 2021:
Taking serious note of the rising death toll in Manipur, Gayatri Mishra, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has directed RIMS Director to assign Covid duties to Assistant/Associate Professors of the institute.
In a letter to the RIMS Director, the Joint Secretary stated that only senior resident and below officers are attending the Covid Ward at RIMS and as such the mortality rate is increasing due to inadequate monitoring by the Assistant/Associate Professors.
It has come to the notice of the Ministry that only Senior Resident and below officers are attending to the duties in the Covid Ward of RIMS, Imphal.
As reported, it seems that the mortality rate due to COVID-19 in the State has been increasing for not giving adequate attention in monitoring the Covid Wards of RIMS by Assistant/Associate Professors, said the letter of the Joint Secretary.