The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA) has alleged that the administration and corporate social responsibility (CSR) section had redirected ₹50 lakh from Bharat Dynamics under the Ministry of Defence to PM-CARES fund rather than the originally assigned purpose of buying personal protection equipment (PPE). The Association added that the hostel superintendent was not able to arrange accommodation despite instructions to cut travel time for doctors. “Jugaad” PPE will not work,” said AIIMS RDA general secretary T. Srinivas Rajkumar on Thursday. Meanwhile, the AIIMS RDA has also written to the Central government about the recent assault on doctors treating a COVID-19 patient at the Gandhi Hospital, Hyderabad. Such actions would destroy the morale of frontline healthcare workers deployed in such testing situation,” said the AIIMS RDA in its letter.

Source: The Hindu April 02, 2020 07:39 UTC