Veterinary surgeons deployed in isolation wards of Hisar villages

Tribune News Service

Hisar, May 15

Veterinary surgeons will take care of Covid patients in the isolation wards being set up in villages of the district.

The Civil Surgeon, Dr Ratna Bharti, has written a letter to the Deputy Director of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DDAH&D) Department, Hisar, for the deployment of 61 veterinary surgeons.

These doctors have been assigned duties in the PHCs and CHCs in rural areas and in small towns, including Hansi, Barwala and Uklana.

Most of the surgeons have been assigned the villages where they were already posted while some have been sent to adjoining villages and small towns.

Meanwhile, the Veterinary Surgeons’ Association has expressed concern about their safety. They have requested the government to declare them as Covid warriors and extend an insurance cover of Rs 50 lakh each on a par with health workers.

The district administration has set up isolation wards in government schools and panchayat ghar dharamshalas in villages. The veterinary surgeons attached to these isolation wards will keep a record of the patients and send the reports to officials.

Dr RS Khasa, district president of the Animal Veterinary Surgeon Association, Hisar, said they should be provided enough resources, including masks, sanitisers, thermometers and oximeters, as these were short in supply at the PHCs and CHCs.