MECON management, comprising PK Sarangi, Director (Technical), Salil Kumar, Director (Projects), R H Juneja, Director (Finance) and SK Verma, Director (Commercial) has been holding a series of meetings to initiate and review different measures towards mitigation and containment of COVID-19 and to ensure safety of employees.
In the various precautionary measures and advisories issued, employees have been asked to maintain proper hygiene and frequent sanitisation.
It has been instructed to encourage digital interactions through phone, email and video conferencing and avoid non- essential official travel.
It has also been stressed upon to discourage entry of visitors in the office premises and if necessary use only designated places earmarked for such activity. A scheme of staggered office timing with entry at 9 to 9:30 am and 9:30 to 10 am has been introduced to avoid crowding in respective locations.
Additionally, the advisory also mentioned about maintaining social distance and seeking medical advice in case a person experiences any illness related to respiratory symptoms/ fever and self isolation, if required.
MECON’s Ispat Hospital is also prepared for handling Novel Coronavirus cases and 2 beds have been earmarked for COVID-19 cases. Dr AK thakur, specialist I/c (Medicine), Ispat hospital has been named as Nodal officer for COVID-19 at Ranchi office and in case of any requirement at other offices, it has been advised to consult Retainer doctors.
The guidelines issued by WHO in this regard, are also being propagated amongst the employees, through internal common mail system.