BHOPAL : While health departments lead the fightback against the coronavirus pandemic in states across India, the Directorate of Health Services in Bhopal is at a near standstill, with many senior health officials in Madhya Pradesh contracting the infection.
Of the 253 recorded covid-19 cases in Bhopal, more than 94 are from the health department, including doctors, deputy directors, technicians and peons.
The infected also include two top IAS officers: Pallavi Jain Govil, the principal secretary of the health department, and J.
Vijaya Kumar, the director of health services. As a result, the five-storied Satpura Bhawan housing the Directorate of Health Services, and located less than 200 m from the state secretariat, has emerged as an
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