K’taka announces consultants’ panel to tackle possible COVID 3rd wave.
The Karnataka authorities on Wednesday formally introduced a 13-member committee of medical consultants, headed by famous cardiac surgeon Devi Prasad Shetty, to put together a roadmap to tackle the possible third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa had already introduced Shetty’s identify on May 14, after the Karnataka High Court had requested the federal government to submit its plans to tackle the pandemic.
As per the excessive courtroom’s instructions, Yediyurappa has now introduced Shetty’s identify as the top of the consultants’ committee.
Deputy Chief Minister CN Ashwath Narayan, who can also be the chairman of the state Covid process drive, shared the checklist of medical consultants who might be part of the panel led by Shetty.
“In order to be better equipped for a possible third wave of the pandemic, we have formed a high-level committee of medical experts. The state government will proactively work with this committee to control, contain and manage the possible third wave, while we continue to actively mitigate the second wave,” Narayan tweeted.
The checklist of committee members:
1. Devi Prasad Shetty, cardiothoracic surgeon, Narayana Hrudayala
2. Sathish Girimaji, director, NIMHANS, Bengaluru
3. Basavaraj J.V., medical superintendent and professor of paediatrics, Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bengaluru
4. Ashish Sathapati, regional staff chief, WHO, Bengaluru
5. Ajaykumar, oncologist, HCG, Bengaluru
6. Aravind Shenai, paediatrician, Cloudnine, Bengaluru
7. Raghunath U, paediatrician, Sagar Hospital, Bengaluru
8. Jagadish Chinnappa, paediatric-cluster head, Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru
9. Srikanth J.T., paediatric-pulmonologist, Aster Hospital, Bengaluru
10. Yogananda Reddy, paediatrician, ex-president, IMA
11. Vinod H. Ratageri, professor of paediatrics, KIMS, Hubballi
12. Prem Ok. Mony, professor of epidemiology & neighborhood well being, St. John’s Hospital, Bengaluru
13. P.G. Girish, director, Medical Education
