See Table 1
There should be reasonable working hours of HCWs as per
health facilities . Workers of Health facilities having heavy workload
and more number of patients should have reduced working hours and more
HCWs to work in different small shifts and vice versa. Responsibilities
& protection of healthcare workers with legal acts like
Epidemic disease act and various labour laws, ward and workplace
protection should be considered & modified as per situation to address
vulnerability of workers to occupational, social, financial, mental, and
physical with other recognized and non-recognized hazards added with
providing a safe and protective working environment with
nil corrupt and illegal practices. Active participation of workers of
health task force from all categories is required in development and
implementation of safety and health policies with continuous
monitoring and evaluation of effectiveness of protocols
and guidelines related to safety in order to modify if required at any
stage of the cycle of safety operations. See figure1 . The
Government should establish quick grievance Redressal
cell exclusively for healthcare workers with transparency and nil
corrupt practices.
Considering the healthcare & population ratio to divert
load as well as considering fact that loss of one healthcare worker is
going to reduce the health coverage of population and will put more
stress on already overstressed health system. The agent virus of
SARS-CoV-2 is changing continuously and virulence and case fatality
rates are also changing accordingly. Keep everyone aware of global and
local scenario by establishing communication channels
with healthcare workers exclusively to avoid panic and misinformation.
Reservation of special beds for healthcare workers on
priority basis added with proper treatment especially senior healthcare
workers and workers vulnerable due to co morbidities due to pre-existing
health conditions/illnesses such as hypertension, DM, COPD, AID etc.