Gynaecologists, Pediatricians needed in quake-hit Nepal: IMA

Indian Medical Association (IMA) today said that services of surgeons, gynaecologists and pediatricians are urgently needed in quake-hit Nepal.
"Right now our 13 doctors are working in Nepal. From them we have come to know that Nepal desperately needs gynaecologists, pediatricians along with surgeons," IMA general secretary K K Agrawal here told PTI.
Medical services in the Himalayan nation are in a bad shape after it was hit by a massive earthquake and doctors were treating people in make-shift structures, he said.
"Currently, Nepal needs doctors in a large number. We all have to meet this demand. We have plans to send 10-10 doctors to Nepal every week," Agrawal added.

"Our doctors in Nepal are trying their level best to do surgeries of the injured. We have asked them to identify 30-40 serious persons, who can't be operated upon in Nepal for want of facilities, and send them to India by air in the first phase. We will get such people operated upon in any city in our country," he added.
The death toll in Nepal's devastating earthquake today jumped to 7,040 with another 14,123 people injured, according to the Nepalese Police.