States »NortPosted at: May 21 2021 10:06PM

COVID: 100 SDRF personnel to be deployed in Jammu region: DG VK Singh

Jammu, May 21 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police cum Commandant General Homeguards/Civil Defence and SDRF J&K, V K Singh on Friday said that 100 SDRF personnel will be deployed in three batches for COVID duties in the Jammu region.
Chairing the meeting, Mr Singh said that it was decided that Health Department Jammu shall impart training to 100 SDRF personnel in three batches for Covid duties.
The SDRF personnel shall regulate the inflow/outflow of patients and relatives, assist in housekeeping and handling of oxygen concentrators etc.
After training the said manpower shall be deployed primarily at GMC Bakshi Nagar, Jammu; Govt Hospital Gandhi Nagar; Jammu and Govt. Chest Disease Hospital, Jammu.
In addition, the trained manpower shall also be deployed for duties at DRDO Hospital, Bhagwati Nagar, Jammu, as and when it becomes operational, he added.
After the meeting, in the Directorate with Divisional Commissioner Jammu and other officers, Commandant General along with Commandant SDRF 2nd Bn Jammu visited Government Medical College Jammu and held a meeting with Dr Shashi Sudan, Principal GMC Jammu and Dr Rakesh Behl, Associate Professor.
It was decided that basic training for Covid duty would be provided to SDRF personnel at GMC Jammu from May 25.
Earlier, VK Singh visited Headquarters SDRF 2nd Bn Jammu and briefed all ranks of the plan to train 100 SDRF personnel for Covid duties for further deployment along with PPE on such duties.
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