Uddhav Thackeray directs health officials to form integrated COVID-19 treatment protocol

In order to provide best treatment to the COVID-19 patients in the state, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday instructed the health officials to make an integrated COVID-19 treatment procedure by discussing Allopathy, Homeopathy, Ayurveda and Unani medicine streams.

The representatives of various medicine streams gave a presentation to the CM after which he gave these directions.

Besides the CM, Health department principal secretary Pradeep Vyas, Ayush treatment committee chairman Tatyarao Lahane and other officials were present.

"Two sets of instructions can be formed for the state task force, which will issue them for public usage. Prevention and treatment will be the two categories in which inputs from various treatment methods will be included," Thackeray said.

On Monday the COVID-19 case tally of the state stood at 3,83,723 with 13,883 fatalities so far, according to state government.