Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh government would resume the Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance system in all offices and other centres in the health department though there is stiff resistance from the medical fraternity. Doctors and other healthcare staff fear this will add to the spread of the infection.
The director of public health and family welfare issued an advisory recently requesting all the regional directors of the medical and health services and district health officers to ensure implementation of the biometric attendance and also e-office file management system in all offices and institutions falling under the directorate of public health and family welfare by the end of August.
The medical fraternity comprising a host of doctors and health personnel has opposed the directive and said this would expose them more to the pandemic and, worse, they would also become carriers and spreaders of the virus.
They recalled that during the first wave, all government…