Workshop on COVID related arrangements held

IMPHAL, Dec 4 (DIPR)
Imphal, Dec 4 (DIPR): State Level Workshop on COVID Related Arrangements, Cashless Treatment of polling personnel and Rapid Response Team in connection with the forthcoming election to Manipur Legislative Assembly, 2022 was held today at the Conference Hall of the Office of CEO, Manipur.
Additional CEO, Manipur N Praveen Singh, who presided the workshop, said that it was for the first time that such a workshop with participation of Chief Medical Officers of the districts, Medical Superintends of RIMS, JNIMS and District Hospitals in the State and officials of Health Department was organised to deliberate on the above matters with the objective of formulating district and State plans of action for effective implementation during the ensuing election.
State Nodal Officer (Health) Dr L Tomcha Khuman informed that the dedicated 24x7 State Command Centre will be functional at CEO, Manipur Office premises under his supervision to promptly respond to any casualty/incident.  District Command Centres will also be operational at District level under the supervision of District CMOs. Assembly Constituency level Rapid Response Team (RRT) will be set up for all the ACs with one medical officer and support staff including nurses and paramedics.
RRT service on two helicopters will be utilized for emergency casualties in far flung areas. He further mentioned that basic life support training will be given to 128 officials from districts. He further highlighted that the Commission’s guidelines on COVID related arrangements and State Government’s existing SOP on COVID appropriate behaviour shall be effectively enforced during the election period.
The workshop was attended by State Nodal Officer (Health) Dr L Tomcha Khuman, Assistant State Nodal Officer (Health) Dr Y Premchandra Singh, SSO & Assistant State Nodal Officer (Health), Dr Somorjit Ningombam, CMOs, Medical Superintendents of seven districts and Medical Superintendents of RIMS & JNIMS.