Finance
By: Shree1news, 08 MAY 2021
New Delhi:Continuing with its efforts to enhance human sources for the administration of Covid-19 cases, the Central government on Friday issued an advisory for induction of trained Ayush human resources for clinical management of the virus infection.
The decision to deploy Ayush (ayurveda, yoga, unani, sidhant and homeopathy)professionals on the frontlines of the Covid war is in continuation of decisions taken a few days back to boost availability of medical personnel to fight the pandemic comparable to postponement of the NEET-PG Exam, giving priority to medical personnel completing 100 days of Covid duties in forthcoming regular government recruitments, and deployment of medical interns in covid administration duties under the supervision of their faculty.
In a statement, the Ayush Ministry mentioned that its doctors are institutionally qualified professionals, well-trained in various aspects of medical care.
“They have already proven their competence in various Covid management roles in different institutions across the nation. Some of the institutions under the Ministry like the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi which functions as a Covid Care Centre, are efficiently managing Covid-19 cases at present,” it stated.
As per the statement, states and UTs have trained almost 1.06 lakh Ayush professionals in different aspects of Covid administration, and 28,473 professionals have been deployed for Covid-19 activities.
Training to Ayush professionals in different aspects of Covid management was also offered by the Ministry by means of the Integrated Government Online Training (iGOT) digital platform and 66,045 Ayush professionals completed it. The Ministry and the Health Ministry have jointly provided training to 33,000 Ayush master trainers.
“Thus, a large number of Ayush professionals have already been prepared through various efforts to take up frontline tasks in the fight against the pandemic. Details of about 8.32 lakhs of Ayush manpower have been compiled through the initiatives of the Ministry and provided on the Covid Warriors portal,” the Ministry stated.
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