New Delhi, April 9 -- To ensure there is no shortage of frontline workers for treatment of Covid patients arriving at the hospitals, the Board of Governors (BoG), formed in suppression of the Medical Council of India (MCI), has asked the medical colleges to continue with the services of the postgraduate (PG) residents in handling the pandemic till the fresh batch arrives in the colleges.

The move follows concerns that not only final year exams of the Post Graduate courses like Diploma, MD or MS have been delayed but even the counselling for the admission to PG courses has been postponed in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak in the country.

The current pandemic has created a shortage of medical staff and equipment to handle covid-19 case...