Kejriwal announces plan to train 5,000 youths as health assistants
The Hindu
They will help doctors and nurses in case a third wave hits the city, says Delhi CM
To prepare for a possible third wave, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the Delhi government would train 5,000 youngsters as health assistants in the coming weeks. These Community Nursing Assistants will be trained in basic nursing, paramedic, lifesaving, first aid, home care, sample collection, oxygen concentrators and cylinders operations among other procedures. “In case a third wave emerges, we might also witness a shortage of medical and paramedical staff as we had seen during the second and the first waves. Keeping this in mind, the government has devised a big plan for training 5,000 health assistants,” the Chief Minister said during a digital briefing. “In technical terms, they are called Community Nursing Assistants. So 5,000 youngsters will be trained for two weeks by the IP University and by the 9 medical institutes of Delhi,” he said.More Related News