Odisha to involve AYUSH doctors, students in battle against COVID-19

Bhubaneswar, Apr 8 () The Odisha government hasdecided to engage 1,620 AYUSH personnel including doctors,post-graduate and under-graduate students in the fight againstcoronavirus in the state, official sources said on Wednesday.

In a letter to all District Ayurveda Medical Officersand District Homeopathic Medical Officer, Health and FamilyWelfare Secretary N B Dhal said all the 1,620 personnel willbe imparted required training to deal with COVID-19 patients.

The ministry of health and family welfare isdeveloping training material for AYUSH personnel, Dhal said.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in the statecurrently is 42. Of them, two persons recovered and one died.

The state government has already trained around 5,000MBBS and post-graduate students of three state-run medicalcolleges and master trainers. AAMNN NN