Doctors stand ready and on high alert—that’s the message by the Indian Medical Association’s (IMA) Maharashtra unit, which has reached out to its members to be in ready, get set and go mode for emergencies as the India-Pakistan confrontation has set the nation on edge.

Thane’s Dr Santosh Kadam, president of IMA, Maharashtra, highlighted that the human factor plays a vital part along with medical equipment and infra: brick ’n’ mortar hospitals and clinics. “That human factor is the spirit of the doctors, which is: we are ready to serve. Just like our legion of medical warriors had done during the challenging pandemic/COVID times, so it is now, when we are facing a new test,” said the IMA president.