<p>The Maharashtra government has formally sought help from the Kerala government to fight <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">COVID-19</a> pandemic in the Mumbai-Pune belt. </p>.<p>Days after Maharashtra's Public Health & Family Welfare Minister Rajesh Tope spoke to Kerala Health & Social Welfare Minister KK Shailaja, the state government had sent a formal letter seeking doctors and nurses. </p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-live-updates-total-cases-deaths-covid-19-tracker-worldometer-update-lockdown-latest-news-835374.html?_ga=2.187363181.416104316.1589592942-1897853262.1587057442" target="_blank">For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</a></strong></p>.<p>Dr TP Lahane, Director, Medical Education & Research, who is the Nodal Officer, COVID-19, has sent a letter to Shailaja. </p>.<p>Dr Lahane said that in future, the number of cases is going to increase in Mumbai and Pune - and requested for 50 specialist doctors and nurses.</p>.<p>The state has offered to pay the MBBS doctors Rs 80,000 a month and Rs 2 lakh per month for MD/MS specialist doctors, which include physicians and intensivists. Trained nursing staff will be paid Rs 30,000 a month.</p>.<p>The Maharashtra government will provide accommodation, meals, required medicine and personal protective equipment to these doctors and nurses.</p>.<p>"In view of the emerging situation, the Maharashtra government has decided to set up a 600-bedded COVID Health Care Center at Mahalakshmi Race Course in Mumbai City. It also included a 125 bedded ICU," the letter says.</p>.<p>They have also made available the service of private medical practitioners. But they'd still require the service of more doctors and nurses.</p>.<p>Dr Lahane also wrote that he spoke to Dr Santhosh Kumar, Vice President of Doctors Without Borders in South Asia, who had agreed to help in providing the required manpower.</p>
<p>The Maharashtra government has formally sought help from the Kerala government to fight <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">COVID-19</a> pandemic in the Mumbai-Pune belt. </p>.<p>Days after Maharashtra's Public Health & Family Welfare Minister Rajesh Tope spoke to Kerala Health & Social Welfare Minister KK Shailaja, the state government had sent a formal letter seeking doctors and nurses. </p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-live-updates-total-cases-deaths-covid-19-tracker-worldometer-update-lockdown-latest-news-835374.html?_ga=2.187363181.416104316.1589592942-1897853262.1587057442" target="_blank">For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</a></strong></p>.<p>Dr TP Lahane, Director, Medical Education & Research, who is the Nodal Officer, COVID-19, has sent a letter to Shailaja. </p>.<p>Dr Lahane said that in future, the number of cases is going to increase in Mumbai and Pune - and requested for 50 specialist doctors and nurses.</p>.<p>The state has offered to pay the MBBS doctors Rs 80,000 a month and Rs 2 lakh per month for MD/MS specialist doctors, which include physicians and intensivists. Trained nursing staff will be paid Rs 30,000 a month.</p>.<p>The Maharashtra government will provide accommodation, meals, required medicine and personal protective equipment to these doctors and nurses.</p>.<p>"In view of the emerging situation, the Maharashtra government has decided to set up a 600-bedded COVID Health Care Center at Mahalakshmi Race Course in Mumbai City. It also included a 125 bedded ICU," the letter says.</p>.<p>They have also made available the service of private medical practitioners. But they'd still require the service of more doctors and nurses.</p>.<p>Dr Lahane also wrote that he spoke to Dr Santhosh Kumar, Vice President of Doctors Without Borders in South Asia, who had agreed to help in providing the required manpower.</p>