West Bengal health dept training on COVID-19 patient management

Kolkata: The state health department on Tuesday, deployed three specialists to guide master trainers from government health units on COVID-19 patient management.

These trainers will train medical officers, nurses, and critical care technologists in their respective hospitals by January 20, said a health department official, adding that there’s no reason to panic but there is a need to remain prepared. The daily positive cases in the state have been below 10 for about two months.

Anaesthesiology professor Sugata Dasgupta critical care unit in-charge RG Kar Medical College taught oxygen therapy and non-invasive respiratory support. Yogiraj Ray, associate professor of infectious diseases IPGMER, taught general care. Professor of medicine Shantasil Pain of IPGMER taught on co-morbidities.