UP to hire retired army, medical colleges doctors’ for covid duty

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to hire doctors retired from the armed forces, medical colleges and government medical services as the requirement of physicians to treat Covid-19 patients is increasing in hospitals across the state. A senior state government official said that third and fourth year MBBS students in 24 government and 33 private medical colleges in the state will also be pulled in for duty at Covid hospitals.