Prime Minister Narendra Modi has mentioned that nation’s armed forces have left no stone unturned in strengthening the fight against Covid-19.
As India battles the second wave of coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday mentioned that nation’s armed forces have left no stone unturned in strengthening the fight against Covid-19. PM Modi’s remarks have come after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh shared an article on how armed forces had been serving to combating the pandemic.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh shared an article on how Indian armed forces are combating the invisible enemy.
The surge of Covid-19 circumstances over the last 2-3 weeks has resulted in as soon as in a century disaster. Sensing the emergency state of affairs, the entire Government equipment instantly swung into motion by mobilizing all doable assets. Along with the efforts put collectively by the scientific group, well being professionals, civil administration, the Armed Forces too have pitched in this battle against an invisible but lethal enemy.
Indian Army, Air Force, Navy, and different organisations of the Ministry of Defence like DG AFMS, DRDO, OFB, DPSU, NCC, Cantonments Boards, and so forth are engaged to assist mitigate the sufferings of the individuals. Mobilisation of extra well being professionals, organising of new COVID amenities, deployment of IAF transport plane and IN Ships to offer logistic assist to facilitate the provision of oxygen from pleasant international nations and throughout the nation and organising of new oxygen crops are some of the continuing efforts of the Ministry of Defence.
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DRDO Hospitals being set-up
DRDO has arrange a 500-bed COVID-19 facility every in New Delhi and Lucknow, a 900-bed hospital in Ahmedabad and transformed ESIC Hospital in Patna to COVID hospital with 500 beds. Work is in full swing to arrange COVID hospitals at Muzaffarpur and Varanasi. DRDO can also be providing technical assist to state governments in organising non permanent COVID hospitals.
Indian Army has mobilised its assets to help the civil administration to tide over the present COVID-19 state of affairs in the nation.
Additional well being professionals mobilised
Meanwhile, the AFMS has deployed extra medical doctors, together with specialists, tremendous specialists and paramedics, at numerous hospitals.
Rajnath Singh knowledgeable his that ministry has granted an extension to Short Service Commissioned Doctors of AFMS until December 31, 2021, which has augmented the energy of AFMS by 238 extra medical doctors. To additional strengthen the workforce of well being professionals, those that have lately retired from AFMS have been re-deployed.
To cater to veterans and their dependents extra contractual workers have been briefly employed in 51 high-pressure ECHS polyclinics for night time responsibility for 3 months.
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