Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel responded immediately to the demands and directed Collectors to ensure free allotment of hand sanitisers and masks to mitanins and health workers. The announcement was made while addressing the virtual meeting of mitanins and health workers from Bastar and Sarguja division today. The Chief Minister has directed all the District Collectors to ensure free of cost availability of masks and hand sanitisers for mitanins and health workers.
The Chief Minister has advised all the mitanins and health workers to compulsorily use masks and sanitisers during the field visits. Even while checking SPO2 level and pulse rate of COVID patients, they have been advised to be careful about their own safety and sanitisation.
The Chief Minister has acknowledged and appreciated the dedicated and consistent efforts of mitanins and rural health workers in Chhattisgarh to save lives of COVID patients. He added that the mitanins have played an important role in saving lives of COVID patients and in the prevention of Corona infection during the second wave in the state. Baghel has advised them to regularly monitor the health condition of people in their respective villages.