COVID-19 – Experiences, Experiments, and Ethics: A Webinar Report

ILA webinar was convened by Dr. Ashwinikumar Raut, Hon. Director Clinical Research and chaired by Dr. Rama Vaidya, Hon. Director Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders, Medical Research Centre-Kasturba Health Society (MRC-KHS), Mumbai on 23^rd July 2020. Since December 2019, COVID-19 has spread globally, literally bringing the world to a halt. India too has suffered the brunt of this devastating medical emergency. This webinar conducted by MRC-KHS captures various aspects of the disease. Trans-system physicians and multidisciplinary biomedical scientists participated. India has a pluralistic system of medicine, and it was essential to discuss multi-system inputs. However, it was heartening to find that physicians from various systems, when deputed to COVID-19 centres, had uniformly followed the Government of India guidelines for the diagnosis and management of COVID-19.