Doordarshan to telecast live phone-in prog for consultation on COVID-19 treatment

Srinagar : In a significant move, Doordarshan Kendra Srinagar will be going live with expert doctors to provide consultation and medical advice on corona virus disease treatment and management. Acting on the advice of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, the programme shall be telecast twice daily from Monday, 10th of May 2021 at 8.30 am in the morning and at 7.30 pm in the evening over DD Kashir. The live programme under the title “Doctors Speak” shall be of half an hour duration with doctors responding to the queries of viewers who wish to ask specific questions pertaining to Covid 19 illness. In this connection Doordarshan has shared phone lines 0194-2481813 and 0194-2481832 on which the specialist doctors can be asked questions. This is in continuation to the series of Health programmes on COVID-19 being telecast by Doordarshan, the statement released by DD said.