Delhi government will build a force of 5,000 “community nursing assistants” in the national Capital, said CM Arvind Kejriwal to fight against the potential third wave of covid-19.

Those who are 18 years and above and have graduated from Class 12 will be eligible to apply and online applications will open from Thursday (June 17). The selected assistants will be trained by IP University and their role will be to assist doctors and nurses when requisitioned for their service during the next wave of Covid-19.

They will be trained in paramedics, life care, home care, first aid, administering injections including vaccines and sample collection, setting up oxygen concentrators and cylinders, checking basic vitals of patients, and other patient care activities.

“The advent of the third wave of Covid-19 has already begun in the United Kingdom. Preparations for the potential wave are on in full swing in the Delhi government.

In the first and second waves in the country, we noticed that the huge surge in Covid-19 cases led to a severe shortage of medical and paramedical staff. Keeping that in mind, the Delhi government has made an ambitious plan to recruit and train 5,000 health assistants, who are technically called community nursing assistants,” said Kejriwal during a digital press briefing on Wednesday.

He said recruitment will be on a first-come-first-serve basis. “These 5,000 nursing assistants will be given 2 weeks’ training each in batches of 500. Indraprastha University will impart the training in Delhi government’s nine major hospitals.

These trained recruits will assist doctors and nurses, but they will not have the power to take any decision in patient treatment or anything related,” Kejriwal said.

The chief minister said this force of 5,000 nursing assistants will ensure improved efficiency of doctors and better patient care, adding that they will be deployed at temporary Covid Care Centres, healthcare facilities and so on.

“Training of these assistants will begin from June 28 and they will be called when needed. They will be paid according to the number of days they work. I hope with this move, Delhi government’s preparation for the third wave will be strengthened and the shortage of manpower that we faced in the previous waves will not reoccur,” Kejriwal said.

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