Nodal officers to manage health crisis appointed
The Hindu
Deputy Commissioner K. Harish Kumar has appointed nodal officers to assist him in COVID management. He has appointed officers to check on hospital administration, supply and use of oxygen, distributio
Deputy Commissioner K. Harish Kumar has appointed nodal officers to assist him in COVID management. He has appointed officers to check on hospital administration, supply and use of oxygen, distribution of drugs, including Remdesivir, and other essentials. The officers will visit hospitals, drug storage centres and oxygen factories once every day and submit reports. They can hear Public grievances and issue orders to rectify anomalies in logistics supply.More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists