Covid care training for 140 disaster response force men

Srinagar, May 19

Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura, began training 140 personnel from the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the NDRF for assisting healthcare workers in the functioning of a 200-bedded Covid care centre at NIT Hazratbal here, officials said on Wednesday.

The decision to impart training to them was taken at a meeting chaired by VK Singh, DGP, Commandant General, Home Guards, Civil Defence and SDRF, J&K, here. It was decided that 100 SDRF and 40 NDRF personnel would be deployed to help run the centre, including 50 beds with oxygen concentrators, at NIT Complex in Naseem Bagh, Hazratbal.

The SDRF and NDRF personnel will be given three-day training in batches of 30 each at the SKIMS for performing supporting functions, officials said. — PTI