On-the-spot health check-up for traffic police personnel
The Hindu
The exercise is being carried out at 24 checkpoints in north zone
Every day, around 6.30 a.m., a team consisting of a doctor, two nurses and a health worker visits the vehicular checkpoint at Loan Square in Broadway. The medical team assesses the basic health status of the traffic police personnel, checking their pulse rate, blood pressure, body temperature and symptoms of COVID-19. Supply of free medicine and safety kits, which include gloves, masks and face shields, to these personnel follows. The screening exercise is not restricted to Loan Square, and is carried out at all 24 vehicular check points within Flower Bazaar Traffic Police Sub-division limits, which include police stations at North Beach, Muthialpet, Elephant Gate, Fort St. George and Kothavalchavadi. “The police at vehicular points come in close contact with the public every day and hence they are more prone to contracting the virus. Hence, an on-the-spot health check-ups are necessary,” says S. Sampath Balan, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Flower Bazaar Police.More Related News
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