Admn to give job training to unemployed youth in Covid care

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, May 25

The Jalandhar district administration has found a novel way to achieve two targets in one move. It has decided to train the unemployed youth in six types of jobs for Covid care wherein the hospitals are finding shortage in manpower.

Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Vishesh Sarangal today announced the initiative that will help to streamline the Covid-19 treatment in the health facilities of the district. He announced that skilled medical professionals would be provided to the health establishments. He mentioned that under the Punjab Skill Development Mission, the administration will provide free training for these courses and will bear all the expenses.

The free training will be provided to the candidates in the job roles developed by Health Sector Skill Council related to Covid-19. The training of the candidates will be of 21 days with upskilling of seven days,” Sarangal added.

The Punjab Skill Development Mission, training will be provided for six job roles including Emergency Medical-Technician, General Duty Assistant, GDA-Advanced (Critical Care), Home Health Aide, Medical Equipment Technology Assistant, and Phlebotomist.

The administration has now asked all the health establishments to inform their requirements that will be fulfilled by the administration. The hospitals have been asked to fill in their requirements so that the newly training staff could be mobilised soon after accomplishment of the training.

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