Covid-19 teaches Indian armed forces new lessons in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief
Thu, May 13 2021 01:30:16 PM
By Ateet Sharma
New Delhi, May 13: The Indian armed forces earned international accolades when they reached to people in distress from Indonesia to Sri Lanka during the infamous Asian Tsunami of 2004.
As an undersea earthquake triggered mammoth waves that devastated long stretches of the Indian Ocean coastline, Indian warships rose to the occasion providing HADR to people well beyond India s maritime borders.
But the second wave of Covid-19 have by a wide margin, dwarfed the HADR demands of the Asian Tsunami. At a time when millions have been literally gasping for breath, the armed forces have fanned out far beyond India s borders on a HADR mission that has no precedence.
COVID-19: Western Naval Command readies oxygen beds at Goa, Karwar, Mumbai for civilians
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Mumbai: To control the surge in COVID-19 cases during the second wave, the Western Naval Command has kept a few oxygen beds ready which could be used by the civil administration at its hospitals INHA Jeevanti, Goa, INHS Patanjali at Karwar in Karnataka and at INHS Sandhani in Mumbai.
In Mumbai, facilities have been set up inside naval premises to provide basic amenities so that migrant labourers are not compelled to proceed to their home towns. The naval authorities are also in regular communication with civil administration and all preparatory actions have been stepped up to offer any COVID contingency assistance, if requested, said a defence spokesperson.
Navy recommences training BFNAs to combat pandemic
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Training of Battle Field Nursing Assistants in progress at INS Venduruthy in the city to help the government medical staff, if the COVID-19 situation becomes overwhelming.
The Southern Naval Command (SNC) has taken a slew of measures to combat the resurgent COVID-19 pandemic, including by recommencing training of Battle Field Nursing Assistants (BFNAs), which was extensively practised during World War I.
Their training has begun at INS Venduruthy here, to be prepared and equipped to assist the civil society in its fight against the pandemic and concurrently to ensure insulation of own personnel from infection and to make available personnel for all duties as required.