- They know the basics
- They are trained
- They have personal report with doctors
- They know how the health care operates
Can the Pharma organizations and government use their services to serve in this difficult situation to contain Coronavirus spread? Can OPPI /IDMA / IPA and Other associations get into talks with Govt and offer their help and services through Med reps ?
What is to be done?
- Reach out to organizations – Reach out to associations – Reach out to Trade unions.
- Request their permission to give their field force to serve the Public under the guidance of Doctors.
- Invite and Join the sales force on Video conf . Give them One-day training on how to contain Corona Virus
- Give them a skill. They will learn it fast
- Certify them as trained Corona Volunteers to serve the public at large
- Provide them all disposable protective gear.
What can Medical Reps Do?
- Deploy them at clinics to screen Patients and identify possible corona infections.
- Deploy them to offer public education on social media.
- Deploy them with doctors to help healthcare professions.
- Deploy them and certify them to Manage the supply chain of essential medicines.
- They can be used for the transport of samples and medicines since all of them have personal transport
- Each rep will be given a list of 200 houses to monitor on a weekly basis. Anyone showing symptoms of Covid will be picked up and informed by government agencies
- Daily allowance to be paid by the government. Salary by employers.
- All they need to be given is personal protection clothing and IR temperature monitor.
- If IR not available Digital devices to be used
Of course, everyone should be given a choice to volunteer or not to - leave it to them to decide!
Credits: Parthasarathy Ponguri