Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 19: Financial Commissioner (FC) to Government, Health & Medical Education (H&ME) Department, Atal Dulloo today chaired a high level meeting of officers of Health & Medical Education Department to take stock of the preparations for COVID-19 containment measures in the Union Territory during winter season, through the video conference.
Dulloo emphasized the Chief Medical Officers on improvement in focused sampling and effective contact tracing in all the districts so that the chain of transmission is contained. He asked Director SKIMS and the Principals of Government Medical Colleges (GMCs) to run RT-PCR testing facilities on full capacity.
The FC also issued instructions to Principals of New GMCs where the Government has started facilities for RT-PCR tests to gear up their testing capacity and test the samples from their catchment areas. He also laid stress on updation of results on ICMR portal on real time basis.
Dulloo informed the officers that Government is committed to ensure best possible COVID management in the designated health institutions and asked them to take necessary containment measures wherever necessary with stress on facilitating proper heating arrangements and other logistical support during the winter season so as to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Bhupinder Kumar, Mission Director, National Health Mission, J&K presented the updated status of COVID containment measures in the UT and briefed about the latest trends of COVID testing, contact tracing and status of updations on ICMR portal in the meeting.
The meeting was attended by Dr A G Ahangar, Director SKIMS Soura, Principals of GMCs, Director Health Services Jammu/Kashmir, Chief Medical Officers of all the districts, State Surveillance Officers of IDSP & WHO.
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