A workshop on disaster risk and emergency health management (Disaster management action plan) was organized at Shyam Shah Medical College Rewa yesterday. Honorable Deputy Chief Minister Shri Rajendra Shukla was the Chief Guest in it.
Anil Gulati, Officer in Charge, Disaster Risk Reduction Focal, UNICEF, Madhya Pradesh gave detailed information about the objective of the workshop. He stressed that it is important that Rewa and other districts have health preparedness plans, and strengthen disaster risk reduction in MP. He spoke about the need to have a common plan which integrates facility and community level disaster risk reduction planning. He was speaking at the start of a health preparedness and disaster risk reduction workshop organised on Saturday at Rewa Medical College.
In his address, Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla, praised the work done by the government and public cooperation during the Covid period, which saved thousands of lives. On this occasion, he shared his experiences of the previous disasters in Rewa district. He said the importance of planning and preparedness in any disaster. He praised the Medical College and UNICEF officials for organizing the first workshop focussed on health preparedness which will enable districts to have health preparedness plans in place. He said we need to be prepared and expressed confidence that through the workshop, more awareness will be spread among the administration and the general public and praised the framework of the Madhya Pradesh State Disaster Management Force and the work being done by them.
Joint Director and DRR Nodal, Public Health and Medical Education Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh, Dr. Pragya Tiwari told about the State profile in terms of disaster and structure of the health which responds to any disaster, She explained in detail about the challenges faced in disaster risk reduction and the importance of IHIP portal in preventing the spread of infectious diseases. Saurabh Singh, Deputy Director, Madhya Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority, Government of Madhya Pradesh, told about the factors and prevention of flood, lightning, drought, earthquake, fire and man-made disaster.