A total of 748 doctors died during the first waveThe IMA COVID-19 registry also showed 748 doctors had died due to the disease during the first wave of the pandemic.
IMA President Dr JA Jayalal said the IMA maintains a registry based only on the input of its various branches across the country, a PTI report said.
He further stated that on an average, at least 20 doctors are dying per day due to COVID-19. These include doctors working in government facilities, private hospitals and medical colleges."The second wave of the pandemic is turning out to be extremely fatal for all and especially those who are at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19," Jayalal had said earlier.As many as 2,57,299 fresh COVID-19 infections and 4,194 deaths.