Empowered Group to identify human resources for COVID-19 related activities

Dashboard to provide District wise availability of Human Resources

5 Dariya News

Chandigarh 17-Apr-2020

To identify human resources for COVID-19 related activities and necessary capacity building, Central Government has constituted an Empowered Group and also made  operational a Dashboard- a master data base of Healthcare Professionals and Volunteers-(https://covidwarriorssiov.in)which would provide State and District wise availability of Human Resources from various groups along with the contact details of the nodal officers. Notably, Government of India  has constituted eleven Empowered Groups to formulate plans and provide effective solutions to address the challenges of COVID 19 outbreak in the country. Of these,  Empowered Group 4 has been mandated with the identification of human resources for various COVID 19 related activities.An official spokesperson said that Data regarding a  large pool of doctors including AYUSH doctors, nurses, other healthcare professionals and volunteer workforce from NSS, NYK, Ex-Servicemen, NCC, PMKVY etc. have already  been shared on the dashboard. This dashboard would help the State Government and District Administrations/Municipal Bodies to prepare Crisis Management/Contingency Plans  based on the available manpower, in coordination with the nodal officers for each group. This master data base can also be used to utilise the services of volunteers for various  activities including enforcement of social distancing at banks, ration shops, mandi, and providing help to the elderly, divyang and orphanages, he said adding that this will also  help the State to mobilise human resources from one location to another.The spokesperson further informed that Government of India has also launched a special digital platform  — Integrated Government Online Training (iGOT) portal- (https://igotsiov.in) for training and capacity building of doctors, nurses, paramedics, hygiene workers, technicians,  AYUSH doctors and staff, other frontline workers and volunteers. This portal provides Anytime-Onsite delivery of training material/module through any device (mobile  phone/laptop/desktop). Some of these courses are Basics of COVID, Infection Prevention and Control, use of PPE, Quarantine and Isolation, Management of COVID-19 cases  (SARI, ADRS and Septic Shock), Laboratory Sample Collection and Testing, ICU Care and Ventilation Management, he added.