Early Times Report
BUDGAM, Aug 21: Development Commissioner Handicraft, Union Ministry of Textiles and Nodal Officer Covid-19 for UTs of J&K and Ladakh, Shantmanu, accompanied by a team of senior doctors representing Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare today visited Budgam district to take stock of measures being taken up by the administration towards containment of the global pandemic. The team, after arriving in the Valley, visited designated COVID care centers at SKIMS, SMHS, JVC and CD Hospital Yesterday.
Shantmanu along with the team convened a meeting with Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education, Atal Dulloo regarding the status of COVID control measures.
The team visited Containment zones of Soura and Lal Bazar and inspected some patient care wards, Covid care centers, sample collection centers and some red zones in the vicinity to assess the facilities being extended to the inmates there.
At Budgam, Shantmanu along with DDC Budgam, SA Mirza convened a meeting with all concerned officers including Nodal Officers engaged with Covid-19 related duty in the district.
Shantmanu said that all concerned medical and para medical staff shall be specially trained and capable of handling any crisis relating to Covid-19 care. He said adequate facilities shall be ensured in all established quarantine centers. He said there is a need for rapid antigen testing (RTA) in order to trace the affected persons before things might get complicated. He said measures are afoot to establish more testing centers as there is huge demand to establish them in each district. |
