Docs to keep check on cops’ health condition

PK Jaiswar

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, April 2

In view of the ongoing curfew restrictions, heavy police force has been deployed on roads. Roads are barricaded and five to six cops are deployed at every checkpoint or chowks.

Due to high stress level among the force, the city police on Thursday arranged a team of doctors that visited cops to know their health conditions. The team was equipped with basic medicines, which were given to the policemen, who were found ailing.

Dr Manpreet Kaur Gill, Medical Officer, 9 Battalion Punjab Armed Police (PAP), said she was visiting all checkpoints and approaching cops at nakas for a check-up. “We have all basic and emergency medicines with us, but if need be, we will provide medicines on the next visit or refer them,” she said.

She said as per the orders, a close eye would be kept on the health conditions of cops performing their duties on roads. “In the time of crisis, cops are doing their best to keep people at their homes to stop the spread of deadly novel coronavirus,” she said, adding that these cops were also given necessary instructions on how to remain safe from contraction of the virus.

Police Commissioner Dr Sukhchain Singh Gill said due to difficult duty hours during the crisis, they were hardly finding any time to visit doctors for check-ups. Therefore, a need was felt to keep a check on the health condition of policemen and keep them motivated in the challenging time, where everybody was under threat of contracting the disease.