Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 25 (ANI): Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Monday condemned the attack on a female doctor, who was on COVID-19 duty the previous day, and said it is a punishable offense in which the perpetrators could be given a prison sentence of five years.
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 17 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday announced that the state government will provide jobs to the kin of state employees who lost their lives on COVID duty. The step has been taken under 'Mukhya Mantri COVID-19 Anukampa
Chandigarh [India], May 9 (ANI): Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Sunday appealed to the employees of the National Health Mission to resume their duties from Monday morning in the larger public interest as the state reels under the effects of the second wave of COVID-19.
Chapra (Bihar) [India], May 6 (ANI): As many as 17 doctors at Sadar Hospital in Bihar's Chapra district have been asked to submit a letter to explain their reported absence from the hospital's COVID-19 isolation ward during their duty hours on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government will provide coronavirus vaccine free to the people of Delhi if the Centre fails to do so.
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that doctors engaged in COVID-19 duty are working continuously and suggested that they must be given a break after continuous service.
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Aug 20 (ANI): A group of eighteen junior doctors working on special duty to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in Kerala has moved the High Court seeking directions to the state government to immediately disburse their salaries along with arrears.
New Delhi [India], Aug 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned for next week hearing on a petition seeking timely payment of salaries to the doctors and healthcare workers who are engaged in COVID-19 duty across the country.