Ludhiana, March 25- Aimed to augment primary health careservices and infrastructure amid the resurgence of Covid cases, MLA LudhianaCentral Surinder Dawar and Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma onThursday participated in the virtual inauguration of Health and Wellnesscentres and new buildings of police stations in Sindhwan Bet and Malaud.
Participating in the state level virtual inaugurationceremony of Health and Wellness Centres and other development projects, MLA andDeputy Commissioner said that Ludhiana has 222 sub-health centres and all havebeen upgraded to Health and Wellness Centres.
As many as 14 such centres are under-construction and workwould be over soon in the coming months, they added and said these centreswould also offer Covid vaccination to all entitled which will ramp up theimmunization and maximize the coverage ensuring shield against the pathogen.
They said that these centres are being operated by CommunityHealth Officers and are offering treatment for various non-communicablediseases including Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases, and others.
They said that to run these centres, the nursing officers (staffnurses) have been trained by the health department under a specially designedbridge program adding they have undergone six-month training of CommunityHealth Officers from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).
They revealed that during the course, theoretical andpractical training has been imparted to the Community Health Officers.
They said that these centres are proving instrumental infighting the Covid-19 pandemic effectively by ensuring early reporting of thesuspected cases at the first stage.
They said the spread of contagion can be curbed with earlytesting of suspected cases having influenza-like symptoms and would help tobreak the transmission chain of the virus at the earliest.
They claimed that it is first of kind initiative in thecountry by the government and they have high hopes that these centres wouldensure health services to each resident at their doorsteps in urban and ruralareas of the district.
They also said the new buildings of the Sidhwan Bet andMalaud police stations would also facilitate the people.
Prominent among present included Additional DeputyCommissioner Sandeep Kumar, PMIDB Chairman Amarjeet Tikka, PYDB ChairmanSukhwinder Bindra, PSIDC Chairmam KK Bawa, Civil Surgeon Dr Sukhjeevan Kakkarand others.