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.