MP Sadique gives Rs 15L to Faridkot medical college

Tribune News Service

Faridkot, April 2

All employees of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) and its constituent medical, nursing, physiotherapy and pharmacy colleges in the state donated their one-day salary to help government to check the spread of coronavirus on Wednesday.

BFUHS Vice-Chancellor Dr Raj Bahadur said, “It is our little contribution during this time of crisis and I am thankful to all my staff for their contribution.” The total of one-day salary of the BFUHS employees will be about Rs 12 lakh.

Mohammad Sadique, MP from Faridkot, has announced Rs 15 as help to Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital (GGSMCH), Faridkot, from the MPLAD fund. Meanwhile, GGSMCH with the help of University College of Nursing (UCON), Faridkot, on Wednesday started training and sensitisation of nursing staff, helpers and sweepers in the medical college and hospital.

Dr Raj Bahadur said lots of rumours were doing the rounds about Covid-19 on social media, especially when it came to health and wellness suggestions, so UCON had taken up the responsibility of training and sensitizing the field workers of the hospital to the causes, prevention and symptoms of the virus.

He said there was information on social media being shared but was not supported by science and the training of the field staff was our response to this false information and myths about Covid-19.

During the training session, teaching staff of UCON said when giving or taking health advice, it was important to focus on the facts. It was important not to panic, but to prepare and educate yourself based on science and research.