Give martyr status to healthcare workers who died of COVID: UCMS teachers to Delhi CM
Press Trust of India | May 13, 2021 | 09:12 AM IST | 1 min read
UCMS and Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital lost an auxiliary nurse midwife, an emergency medical officer, and a junior resident doctor Anas Mujahid to the infection within a week.
NEW DELHI: The teacher's association at University College of Medical Sciences on Wednesday wrote to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal demanding a solatium and "martyr" status for three healthcare professionals who died due to COVID-19 recently.
The letter said UCMS and Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital lost Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (Community Medicine) Gayatri Sharma, Emergency Medical Officer G Ajay Kumar, and Junior Resident Doctor Anas Mujahid to the infection within a week.
"It is our state's highest responsibility to honor, respect, and recognise their extraordinary effort and sacrifice," the UCMS Teachers' Association said. "We fervently appeal to you to provide an inclusive solatium and martyr status to healthcare workers at UCMS and GTBH complex who have given their lives in service of the country," the letter read.
UCMS is affiliated with the University of Delhi and associated with GTB Hospital.
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