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We need more doctors, not beds: Narayana Health founder Dr Shetty
BENGALURU : Thousands of young men and women, including failed students, who have been trained in the basics of critical care but don’t have a medical degree should be posted at district hospitals across India to help treat covid patients, cardiac surgeon and founder-chairman of Narayana Health Dr Devi Shetty said in an interview. In return, they should be granted a degree.He twinned the suggestion with a call for India to shift its focus from counting beds and ventilators to ensuring that there are enough specialists in district hospitals.