Were deputed for Covid-related works after outbreak
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 4
As the healthcare in rural Punjab has crippled, the state government has sent community health workers back to village health wellness centres (HWCs).
With an aim to ensure delivery of comprehensive primary healthcare services, over the past three years, around 3,000 sub-centres covering a population of 3,000 to 5,000 were converted to health and wellness centres in the state.
After the Covid-19 breakout in March, the state had deputed more than 1,600 community health officers (CHOs) for Covid-related works, especially for the collection of samples.
Following engagement of CHOs in Covid work, the services in the rural areas had crippled. So the government has decided to make them join back at the centres. As per a communication sent to all civil surgeons on Tuesday, though the Covid duties assigned to the health officers remain important, it had been observed that the performance of HWCs was going down in terms of footfall and daily reporting. Tele-consultations had also shown a downward trend during the past month.
“In this regard, you are requested to kindly ensure that CHOs must attend their respective HWCs at least four days a week and do their routine work. Covid sampling duties may be assigned to all CHOs on a rotation basis so that the work of HWCs does not suffer,” it said.
Meanwhile, the state reported 527 cases and 14 deaths in the past 24 hours. As per the media bulletin, with the fresh cases, the total number of cases has reached 1,35,313 and the number of deaths has reached 4,259.
In the district-wise breakup of cases, Jalandhar topped the list with 81 cases, followed by Bathinda (69), SAS Nagar (53) and Fazilka (45).
Box
District-wise cases
Cases Confirmed Deaths
Ludhiana 20510 843
Jalandhar 15386 473
Patiala 12924 382
SAS Nagar 12580 238
Amritsar 11959 460
Gurdaspur 6935 200
Bathinda 7288 152
Hoshiarpur 6300 215
Ferozepur 4236 126
Pathankot 4494 115
Sangrur 3969 168
Kapurthala 4107 168
Faridkot 3273 58
Muktsar 3071 65
Fazilka 3134 51
Moga 2483 81
Ropar 2505 119
Fatehgarh Sahib 2177 102
Barnala 2082 52
Tarn Taran 2013 90
SBS Nagar 1935 65
Mansa 1952 36
Total 1,35,313 4259
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