Aizawl, Jan. 31 (IANS): In an ambitious move to combat drug menace in the border state, the Mizoram Government has sent 30 employees of various de-addiction centres in the state to a training-cum-rehabilitation centre in a Chennai-based hospital-cum-research institute for a nine-day intensive training, an official release said on Thursday.The release said the staff would get lessons and guidance in clinical duties, medical and psychological handling of drug-addict patients at Chennai’s institute.
“After completion of nine-day training, these employees would be engaged in de-addiction and other such works in the state,” the release said. The Mizoram government has already prepared a detailed road-map for strengthening the existing deaddiction centers with the addition of new such centers. The Social Defence and Rehabilitation Board under Social Welfare Department of the state government is the nodal wing to supervise the scheme.
