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India News | West Bengal to Form Rapid Response Teams for Serious COVID-19 Patients

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The West Bengal Health Department has decided to form Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) to treat critical COVID-19 patients, a senior official said on Monday.

India News | West Bengal to Form Rapid Response Teams for Serious COVID-19 Patients

Kolkata, Sep 28 (PTI) The West Bengal Health Department has decided to form Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) to treat critical COVID-19 patients, a senior official said on Monday.

The RRTs will include one anesthesiologist and one medicine specialist to treat such patients, he said.

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The step has been taken to strengthen the treatment and patient care services at designated COVID-19 hospitals across the state, the official said.

"... Specialists and other medical officers so deployed must stay near the Covid hospitals," an order issued by the department said.

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