COVID19:Advisor Khan inspects quarantine centers, takes stock of measures in Rajouri

Rajouri,April,28:Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, today inspected Health Institutions and Quarantine Centres in Rajouri district.The Quarantine Centres inspected includes Boys Hostel PG College Rajouri,Girls Hostel PG College Rajouri, Quarantine centre and isolation centres at GMC Rajouri.

The Advisor was accompanied by Deputy Commissioner Rajouri, Mohammad Nazir Sheikh,DIG Rajouri-Poonch Range,Vivek Gupta, Principal GMC, Kuldeep Singh, Senior Superintendent of Police Chandan Kholi,Additional Deputy Commissioner Rajouri Sher Singh,Assistant Commissioner Revenue,Mohd Ashraf, Additional Superintendent of Police Liaqat Choudhary,Medical Superintendent GMC,Dr.Raghuveer Singh and other officers of Health Department.

Advisor Khan also interacted with the doctors and other paramedical staff to assess their requirements and problems being faced by them to tackle COVID-19 patients and those persons who are under quarantine in different designated places. He assured the Health workers that PPE kits would be provided to them besides other required equipment and material so that they perform their duties in a comfortable and safe environment.

The Advisor also interacted with the quarantined persons and enquired about their well-being and facilities being provided to them. He further asked the concerned authorities to ensure proper care and hygiene besides maintaining social distancing within the premises as per standard operating procedures in place to deal with COVID-19 cases.

He also chaired a meeting to review the arrangements being made by the district administration to prevent the pandemic besides assessing the working of the health department and other essential services in the backdrop of COVID-19 pandemic situation.

While speaking during the meeting,the Deputy Commissioner Rajouri,Mohammad Nazir Sheikh briefed about the steps being taken by the district administration regarding the containment of COVID19 and to mitigate the sufferings of the common masses.

DC informed that to contain COVID19 in the district,district level management teams have been constituted which are working tirelessly 24/7 for the welfare of the general public.He said that fumigation and sanitization of all the public places with special focus on red zones has been done to combat COVID19.

About the institutions converted to Quarantine wards,he said that as many as 40 institutions with the capacity of 5078 beds have been converted to Quarantine wards.He also said that regular inspections of Quarantine centres are being carried out to check the facilities being provided to the patients at these centres.

Regarding the status of Novel CoronaVirus in the district,it was given out that out of the four COVID patients in the district,three have recovered and no case of death has been reported so far in the district.In connection to the testing of the samples,the DC informed that as many as 210 samples have been collected out of which 128 have been tested negative and on 82,reports are awaited.

DC informed that to encourage the people to reveal their travel history,Khoj website has been launched.He also said to facilitate the patients and to ensure their convenience during lockdown,Epass service has been launched by the district administration so that they don’t feel any difficulty in their treatment.

DC said that to keep a check on overpricing of the essential commodities,regular market checking is being done on a routine basis so that the general public doesn’t face any inconvenience in getting the essentials.

He also said that to ensure the universal coverage of masks,the district administration Rajouri has roped in scores of local entrepreneurs and SHGs for mass production of around 06 lacs reusable masks to contain the spread of COVID19 in the district and to ensure that no shortage of face masks occurs in the district.

Related to Arogya Setu app,the DC said that there are 28214 users of this app in the district.He also said that in order to ensure the successful collection of health data in the district amidt COVID19 through Swasthaya Nidhi app,the district administration has started the training of the concerned staff involved in the process of collecting data and till date 36 number of master trainers have been trained.

While speaking during the meeting Mr.Farooq appreciates the steps taken by the district administration Rajouri and applause the role of police,civil society and Health Department and every Officer/official employed for the containment of COVID19 and asked the concerned officers to be always in a state of alertness and remain present at their headquarters so that timely response to any emergent situation can be ensured and best possible assistance can be provided to the general public in this period of the lockdown amid CoronaVirus crises.

He asked the concerned officers to identify the alternate traditional migration routes through which some persons enter the district so that the entry points can be strengthened and no person is allowed in the district without valid pass.He advised the officers to seek the cooperation of PRIs in tracing the persons with travel history.

Mr.Khan said that the need of the hour is to speed up the process of spreading awareness among the general public regarding the measures to be taken to contain the spread of CoronaVirus infection so that the pandemic is mitigated in the district.

He directed the concerned officer from the health department to make the sample testing facilities available at SDH Nowshera and SDH Sunderbani so that the burden on GMC Rajouri only where the sample testing facility is available currently can be reduced.

He also directed them to have a constructive approach while dealing with the situations arising due to the outbreak of COVID19 and maintain close liaison with the public and ensure that all necessary facilities are provided to them in a time bound manner.

He said that some people facing hardships due to lockdown might be hesitating to come forward to seek any help and the district administration should identify such people with the help of elected representatives in order to provide relief to them.

He directed the DSWO to ensure transfer of pension in the account of beneficiaries whereas ALC was directed to ensure financial assistance to registered as well as non registered labourers. He asked AD Food to provide ration to all destitute and non ration card holder families under coordination with district administration.He also directed weekly checking of Bal Ashrams and Nari Niketans in the district.

The meeting was attended by DIG Rajouri-Poonch Range,Vivek Gupta,Senior Superintendent of Police,Chandan Kohli,Additional SP,Liyaqat Ali,Additional Deputy Commissioner Rajouri,Sher Singh, Principal GMC Rajouri,Dr.Kuldeep Singh,Assistant Commissioner Revenue,Mohd Ashraf,Medical Superintendent District Hospital Rajouri,Dr.Raghuveer Singh,Chief Medical Officer,Dr.Sanjeev Puri,District Statistical and Evaluation Officer,Bilal Rashid Mir,and other concerned officers.