With cases increasing, HBS Hospital in Shivajinagar is left with just 5 doctors & 12 nurses
BENGALURU: A private hospital in Shivajinagar on Sunday flagged off a major Covid-19 management crisis — lack of doctors and nurses to treat patients battling suspected infection in its pandemic ward. The hospital, which had 20 nurses and 44 doctors on its rolls till recently, is now left with just five doctors and 12 nurses.
“Where are the doctors? They are all on WhatsApp. I urge all doctors to come out and discharge their duties,” Dr Taha Mateen, managing trustee, HBS Hospital, Shivajinagar, said in a video appeal from his ICU and uploaded on WhatsApp, Twitter, and Instagram on Sunday.
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