Health Ministry tells the Supreme Court that final responsibility is on Healthcare Workers to train themselves and be safe from COVID-19

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has told the Supreme Court that it is ultimately a doctor’s own responsibility to protect himself from COVID-19.

The statement was made while replying to a plea questioning the Centre’s new guidelines for frontline COVID-19 healthcare workers by which it has ended the 14-day mandatory quarantine for them.

The Ministry of Health has submitted that it is ultimately the healthcare workers who need to protect themselves from exposure to infections by training themselves and taking all precautions to prevent infection.

Health Ministry tells the Supreme Court that final responsibility is on Healthcare Workers to train themselves and be safe from COVID-19

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has told the Supreme Court that it is ultimately a doctor’s own responsibility to protect himself from COVID-19.

The statement was made while replying to a plea questioning the Centre’s new guidelines for frontline COVID-19 healthcare workers by which it has ended the 14-day mandatory quarantine for them.

The Ministry of Health has submitted that it is ultimately the healthcare workers who need to protect themselves from exposure to infections by training themselves and taking all precautions to prevent infection.

By Rohan Naik