Scholarship-Medics to be mobilised in country's COVID-19 prevention drive
Scholarship-Medics to be mobilised in country's COVID-19 prevention drive
Published: 04:37 pm Mar 22, 2020
KATHMANDU: Nepal government has asked doctors studying on a government scholarship to fight COVID-19 from the frontlines to help tackle the outbreak. The health ministry is making preparations to this effect to help battle the crisis. The Ministry of Health and Population wrote a letter to state government asking doctors, who have studied MBBS/MD/MS in government scholarships, to coordinate under different levels of governments in fighting coronavirus pandemic, a global threat. Likewise, all enrolled MBBS students awarded with scholarships in medical colleges have also been requested to assist amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease.