Healthians partners with Delhi Paramedical & Management Institute to skill over 10,000 phlebos, ahead of Covid third wave
As first line health workers, phlebos collect test samples and are essential to the covid frontline Health mechanism
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Jun 22, 2021 09:19
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New Delhi: Healthians, India's largest doorstep health test provider, and Delhi Paramedical & Management Institute, popularly known as DPMI Vocational Institute, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to launch cobranded short-term healthcare programs to create and facilitate learning opportunities in the healthcare landscape. The collaboration between Healthians and DPMI aims to improve the quality of education imparted and value addition to youth pursuing the healthcare courses and build a cadre of healthcare professionals that will bridge the skill gap prevalent in India's healthcare sector.
"We at Healthians believe that such skill development programs have become the need of the hour in current pandemic times, not just to address the skill shortage that exists in the workforce but also to bring meaningful employment opportunities to the youth of this country," said Deepak Sahni, founder, Healthians.
"The collaboration with DPMI will help us build a strong pipeline of Paramedic healthcare professionals who are work-ready to ensure a quality diagnostics and healthcare delivery system for years to come," he added.
Based on the MoU, DPMI will use its decades of experience in imparting subject-based knowledge and skills to strengthen India's healthcare workforce, aiming to produce 10,000 skilled phlebotomists over the next 3 years through certificate and diploma courses and expand the company's presence to over 500 cities.
Aruna Singh, Principal, DPMI Vocational Institute Pvt. Ltd commented "Such collaborations with industry-leading companies like Healthians can give students access to practical work experience, real-world technology and fast track their learning, thus securing their future and giving them a perfect exit to become entrepreneurs and workplace innovators of the future." /(June 21)
