Bhubaneswar: With the spike in the COVID-19 cases in the State, the Odisha Government has honed the skills of the COVID-19 warriors.
Briefing the media , Secretary, Information and Public Relations Department, Sanjay Singh said, so far 8023 doctors, 8,296 staff nurses, 4,105 paramedics and lab technicians, 4,114 AYUSH doctors, 4,905 ambulance drivers, 1,35,820 ANM/ASIIA/AWW workers, 7,236 cleaning staff have been drafted as Covid-19 work force.
More than 90% of this work force has been trained, he added .
As of now 8,325 students from MBBS, AYUSH and Nursing Wings have also been trained in Covid-19 care.
At the grassroots level 33,900 functionaries of Temporary Medical Camps (TMCs) which have been set up in different Panchayats have also been trained about management of TMCs, health, nutrition, water and sanitation, Singh added
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