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BMC Mental Health helpline 1800120820050 3.4.2020

mental health Here to hear you out! A simple conversation can make a difference - one of which is to ensure that you don’t feel alone. You can now talk to a team of mental health experts and put all your Coronavirus-related worries to rest. Dial 1800120820050 https://twitter.com/mybmc/status/1245941507980312577

30 coronavirus hospitals in mumbai 3.4.2020

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Maharashtra State Public Health Department has designated 30 Government hospitals as special facilities to treat those affected by Corona.  These hospitals will treat only Corona patients and have 2,305 designated beds for them. https://twitter.com/CMOMaharashtra/status/1245951359825793029 कोरोनाला रोखण्यासाठी आरोग्य विभागाने राज्यातील ३० शासकीय रुग्णालये कोरोना उपचारासाठी विशेष रुग्णालये म्हणून घोषित केली आहेत. या रुग्णालयांत केवळ कोरोना रुग्णांवर उपचार केले जाणार असून २३०५ खाटा कोरोना बाधीत रुग्णांसाठी उपलब्ध होणार आहेत. https://twitter.com/CMOMaharashtra/status/1245947590270574592

new guidelines for registered medical practitioners to deliver telemedicine

[This constitutes Appendix 5 of the Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics Regulation, 2002] The Registered Medical Practitioners should exercise their professional judgment to decide whether a telemedicine consultation is appropriate in a given situation or an in-person consultation is needed in the interest of the patient. They should consider the mode/technologies available and their adequacy for a diagnosis before choosing to proceed with any health education or counseling or medication. They should be reasonably comfortable that telemedicine is in the patient’s interest after taking a holistic view of the given situation. Prescribing medications, via telemedicine consultation is at the professional discretion of the RMP. It entails the same professional accountability as in the traditional in-person consult. If a medical condition requires a particular protocol to diagnose and prescribe as in a case of in-person consult then same prevailin