[splco_heading size=”15″ align=”left” margin=”30″]Under the Umbrella of Doctors for Seva, group of doctors and publish health specialists told the Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) of officials visited Telangana earlier this week that they are deeply concerned that Covid-19 patients are in effect mingling in the community.[/splco_heading]
 
Umbrella of Doctors for Seva inclusive of Dr Santhosh Kraleti, public health specialist, Dr Vijayanand J., consultant paediatrician, Dr G. Veda Prakash, orthopaedic surgeon, Dr M. Srikanth, consultant paediatrician, Dr M. Rajender Reddy, consultant urologist, and Dr Karuna, consultant paediatrician.
 
Doctors for Seva said If Covid-19 patients are not identified and isolated soon, there could be an exponential increase in the number of cases and this would have wider implications for controlling the pandemic at the state, national, and international levels, they stated.
 
Doctors for Seva asked the IMCT to look into the gaps and rectify them. The doctors insisted they want to be part of the team fighting Covid-19 but they want the state government to be clear and transparent.
 
The government statistics raise a lot of concerns, especially when compared to other states. To add to this, there was an order by the Telangana health department on April 20 that samples must not be taken from the bodies of Covid-19 suspected deaths. Then comes the  the  most startling exposure  is State government is not reporting Covid-19 deaths. 
 
[splco_quote]Doctors for Seva said in a joint statement: “This is a risky strategy. It is a pandemic. It demands that government follow international guidelines which have been chalked out and (which) brought the situation in control in Europe, China and the USA. We have to follow protocols to safeguard our people. The decision of TS to not test is very disturbing and will backfire very badly.” [/splco_quote]
 

The state government is under-testing and under-reporting Covid-19 cases Doctors for Seva group complained
 
Simply put, the figures you see in the official bulletins of state government are not the real picture at all Doctors for Seva claimed.
 
Doctors for Seva cited the example of Suryapet where the second-highest number of cases in the state 83 was reported.
 
But then, no testing has been carried out there since April 23. It has been more than a week now and doctors are worried that the numbers may have exploded. Without testing, there is no knowing how widespread Covid-19 is.
 
At the ground level, people suffering from bilateral pneumonia, chest scans showing abnormal conditions and patients in intensive care units of private hospitals are not being tested for Covid-19.
 
The doctors say this is against the guidelines of the Indian Council of Medical Research.
 
“Our concern is (that the) actual load is much higher and once lockdown is relaxed the number of missed patients could surge in the state,” the Doctors for Seva statement said.
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Telangana as on May 1st Ranks 9th amongst Indian state as it  has 1057 Corona virus cases , with 590 active patients and with 441 recoveries  and with 26 deaths.