Jagdish Thind
Fazilka, July 22, 2020: Health and Family Welfare Department is conducting a grass root level survey of community to identify the suspected. This was disclosed by Dr. Chander Mohan Kataria civil surgeon Fazilka.
Civil Surgeon said on Wednesday that this survey is undergone with the help off our frontline workers called Accredited Social Health Activists {ASHA} These workers were the part of such teams that were out to find out coronavirus positive and suspected person and providing awareness on how to beat the virus. He said that Asha worker are the backbone of the department who implements it's scheme at the grass roots level. Asha workers are residing in their villages and acting as a shield for residents.
Dr Pankaj senior medical office (SMO) of CHC Dabwala Kalan said the Health Department had given a great task to Asha workers to find NRis who came to their respective villages in the past. In the Dabwala Kalan Block with the help of Asha workers as many as approximately 1080 persons traced and home quarantined who came from out of state and abroad also in recent days. Now the Asha Workers are given the responsibility to do a house to house survey in the locality and find out any person who is suffering from cough, cold, fever like symptoms and also aware to public about wear to Mask and social distancing.
Divesh Kumar Block Extension Educator CHC Dabwala Kalan said Asha workers disseminating awareness on how to be safe from the pandemic. Departmet provides Triple layer masks, Gloves and sanitizer to Asha workers from Block. He said that as per state health guidelines Asha worker doing door to door survey.
An Asha Worker Payal from village Sainia had been assigned the task to work with a survey and tracing the passenger in block. She is working with dedication and left her only five month year old daughter at home and performing her duty. Payal says in these days I was afraid and worried for my daughter but to look after the health of the public is also my responsibility. My family especially my husband support to me and managing family with me.