COVID-19 | Doctors denied houses on rent in Warangal due to virus scare
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 | Doctors denied houses on rent in Warangal due to virus scare

The Hindu  

At a time when the whole world is lauding the efforts of doctors, some paranoid residents in the city are refusing to give houses on rent to people in the medical profession, fearing the spread of coronavirus. Scores of house surgeons of a new batch who joined duties on Monday and Tuesday and their seniors, who were located around the MGM Hospital, are facing severe problems due to non-availability of accommodation. When the issue was brought to the notice of Panchayat Raj Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao and district Collector Rajiv Gandhi Hanmanthu, they said the Kakatiya Medical College authorities have allocated a new building to both senior and junior house surgeons. Most of these interns who hail from various parts of the State stay in rented houses near the hospital in the surroundings of Bhadrakali temple opposite KMC, Pochamma Maidan and Gopala Swamy temple until they complete their one-year internship in the MGM hospital. On condition of anonymity, one of the house surgeons facing this situation described certain house owners as insensitive.

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