After conducting cadre review of paramedical staff of the Medical Branch of the CRPF, the paramilitary has abolished 433 posts and created new 397 posts with the net abolition of the post being 36, marginally reducing the overall strength of such staff.
Now the revised strength of the Medical Directorate will be 1943 against the earlier strength of 1979.
As many as 58 posts of Sub Inspector /Staff Nurse have been abolished out of the total strength of 365. The revised strength now stands at 307. However, 21 posts have been created in the rank of Inspector/Sister taking the total strength to 50.
A significant 201 posts of Assistant Inspector/Pharmacist have been abolished bringing down the total strength to 442 as against earlier sanctioned strength of 643. However, 122 posts of Sub Inspector/Pharmacist have been created taking the tally to 154.
As many as 90 post of Inspector pharmacist have also been created, taking the revised tally to 98 against the earlier sanctioned strength of just eight posts.
A total of 116 posts of Constable Ward (Boy/Girl) and Constable 158 in number have been reduced to make the revised tally to 180.
The move is expected to make the Medical Directorate top heavy with lesser number of staff at the lower level, officials said.
Sources said a number of CRPF personnel are taking the cashless route to private hospitals for treatment of even normal disease like fever and stomach upset which is against the norms.
Faced with an alarming trend of casualties due to cardiac arrests, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) had earlier decided to counter the new adversary with an advisory for keeping life savings pills handy on a 24X7 basis with each and every personnel of the force.
Amid the “unacceptable” number of deaths due to heart attacks in the world’s biggest paramilitary, the medical branch of the CRPF has directed all the formations across the country that all personnel under their command will carry two tablets of Disprin (300 mg) and four tablets of Sorbitrate (5 mg) in their purse/pocket (two doses that can be used on two occasions) to mitigate any possible casualty from cardiac failure.
Only one tablet of Disprin (aspirin) to be chewed immediately when it appears a case of heart attack and one tablet Sorbitrate (sorbitol) be put under the tongue which will be dissolved in the mouth on its own. One tablet of Sorbitrate can be repeated after 10 minutes, said the fresh guideline for prevention of deaths due to heart attacks. The move comes as 10 personnel died in July alone due to heart attacks.