Health Ministry issued advisory for HR management of viral outbreak

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New Delhi:The Union Health Ministry issued advisory for the states on mobilisation and training of human resource for management of the viral outbreak in a situation of shooting a number of COVID19 positive cases throughout the states. 

Union Health Ministry Thursday identified 20 existing and 22 potential hotspots in the country also asserting there is no evidence of widespread community transmission of COVID-19.

The ministry stated this in an advisory issued to the states on mobilisation and training of human resource for management of the viral outbreak. For the containment measures to break the cycle of transmission and for the clinical management of affected cases would require large human resources the advisory stated.

The ministry said that enhanced deployment of human resources is required in clinical management, surveillance, psycho-social care, management of quarantine, isolation facilities, logistics and supply chain.

It said that human resources pooled from various sources will be assigned for such roles.  And it also states HR needs to be trained online to meet the situation using online training programs developed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. 

For the purpose each state has been directed to identify and designate a nodal officer for training. The officer will coordinate all training activities in the state. For COVID-19 management, the district administration will also pool-in the requisite human resources.

Minister further added in the document, the pooled human resources needed to stay in the containment zone till the  operations are over.  

The advisory also added, for isolation areas in hospitals, in addition to training all hospital staff, dentists and AYUSH practitioners available should also be trained. Retired doctors and other healthcare professionals are also identified to work in the non-covid areas the advisory suggested. 

It stated quarantine facilities are meant to house asymptomatic cases and the number identified and trained manpower should be equal to the number of COVID-19 warriors.

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