Kohima, April 17 (MExN): The Health & Family Welfare (H&FW) Department today stated that an advisory issued by the department on April 10 appeared to be misinterpreted and issued a clarification in this regard.
A particular point in the advisory, “No hospital based personnel are to enter the office premises. Instead of Physical visits, they are advised to leverage electronic means of communications including webinar,” according to the department was misinterpreted. The advisory was issued so as to minimize the movement of personnel considering the lockdown and to ensure that personnel are in their places of posting where unless urgently required for them to be out,” the DIPR reported quoting a press release from the Directorate of H&FW. “It was also noticed that a phone call to the State Control room officials would have been sufficient rather than wasting time on visiting.
It is however, reiterated that for any work which require attendance on any office premises, there is no restriction,” it said. “The health workers are the frontline workers in the fight against any disease including the COVID-19 pandemic and any oversight from the Directorate of H&FW may kindly be condoned,” it added.
