Delhi Police has taken an initiative to involve its ‘Yuva Trainee’ in the work of Covid-19 healthcare in the national Capital. Police said that for the initiative, the Delhi Police Commissioner, SN Shrivastava has coordinated with Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) to plan skill development activities for the healthcare sector.
YUVA has been the flagship initiative of the Delhi Police which was launched in 2017, under the mentorship of Delhi Lieutenant-Governor, Anil Baijal, with the objective of engaging and steering street children & youth towards the mainstream of society, providing them with opportunities to realise their potential and creating awareness about their potential through Skill Development training.
Delhi Police has been operating 23 ‘YUVA’ skill centres through its Police Stations, in which more than 20,000 youth have been empowered through professional training in a number of traits.
“A meeting was held on Monday with all the stakeholders to understand and plan skill development activities under YUVA initiative for Healthcare and to strengthen this system to counter the Covid 19 crisis,” said Chinmoy Biswal, the Public Relation Officer (PRO) of Delhi Police.
Addressing the participants, Shrivastava stressed on the need and importance of skill development and manpower in the healthcare sector to meet the shortage and be better equipped in this fight against Covid-19.
The Police Commissioner expressed concern as many youths have lost their breadwinners in the current crisis and that they need social support to develop skills to earn livelihood.
“As such skills in healthcare can be a good career option for these youth. He also urged everyone to support each other in these difficult times and help Delhi Police as well,” said Shrivastava.
During the meeting, Devesh Chandra Srivastava, Special Commissioner of Police (EOW) highlighted how the YUVA initiative of Delhi Police is helping the youth to not just get skilled, but find livelihood too.
“Like many trades under which skill development is provided under this initiative, healthcare is one of them and it will be scaled up more now to meet the growing demand of health workers in the current scenario of pandemic. The North District has already launched the healthcare workers training programme,” he informed.
Dr Ravi Gaur, Co-Convenor –CII, Delhi Panel on Healthcare and Director & Chair, Medical Advisory Committee, Oncquest Laboratories Ltd assured full commitment on behalf of industry to YUVA initiative. He emphasized that Skilling, Training and Placement of Youth in Healthcare is a welcome step, as society is learning the importance of this sector.
Dr Gaur also mentioned that the healthcare industry is looking at huge requirements in terms of skilled manpower going forward and such initiatives will go a long way in meeting the demands and serving mankind in the coming days.