West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee took stock of Covid-19 situation in the state
UNN/Bijan Banerjee: The West Bengal government will use the stateтАЩs 275,000 quacks as the first line of defence against the second wave of Covid-19, which has registered a 5- 8 times jump in rural Bengal over last yearтАЩs peak. The state health department will soon issue dos and donтАЩts for their handling of Covid-19 patients.We can use this workforce.
We can name them тАШSwasthya Suraksha BondhuтАЩ instead of calling them quacks,тАЭ chief minister Mamata Banerjee said referring to the unqualified rural healthcare workers who are often consulted by villagers for minor ailments in absence of qualified doctors.
