Varsity doctor feted for his service in combating COVID-19

20,000 doses of vaccines administered to varsity staff and students during when pandemic was at its peak

M.S. Basavaraj, Chief Medical Officer, Health Centre, University of Mysore, on Tuesday urged the people to get vaccinated and also help others get immunized at the earliest as the vaccines are the only effective means for combating COVID-19.

Speaking after being felicitated by the Vishwamanava University Employees’ Vedike for being in the frontline in the fight against the pandemic in the first and second waves, at the health centre here, he narrated how the health centre helped patients get treated and recover and advised the people, especially the youth, not to be indifferent to the pandemic despite being vaccinated.

Barring a few days when he was infected by COVID-19, the health centre worked almost 24 x 7 to serve the needy with the help of his team, Dr. Basavaraj said, while expressing his wish of setting up a diagnostic centre for carrying the RT-PCR tests.