Health & Welfare Department

Health & Welfare Department

This department mainly concerned maintaining health and hygiene factors in Airport to keep a safe and clean environment inside.

The International Health Regulations 2005 are legally binding regulations (forming International Law) that aim to a) assist countries to work together to save lives and livelihoods endangered by the spread of diseases and other health risks, and b) avoid unnecessary interference with international trade and travel. The purpose and scope of IHR 2005 are to prevent, protect against, control and provide a public health response to the international spread of disease in ways that are commensurate with and restricted to public health risks, and which avoid unnecessary interference with international traffic and trade. (Article 2, IHR 2005). India has become IHR-2005 complaint in year 2016.

Presently, the health units are functioning in 11 international airports at Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai and Tiruchirapalli, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Cochin, Ahmedabad, Calicut and Trivandrum. Further, New Health Units at 18 International Airports have been approved which includes airports at Amritsar, Lucknow, Coimbatore, Varanasi, Goa, Jaipur, Nagpur, Pune, Srinagar, Gaya, Port Blair, Guwahati, Bagdogra, Patna, Mangalore, Imphal, Bhubaneshwar and Tirupati.

Health & Welfare Department Staff Job Description

• The inspection of documents of international passengers referred by immigration staff for disease ( of international Importance ) at International airports and referral of suspect travellers to designated quarantine facility.
• Disinfecting and deratting of aircrafts.
• Inspection and supervision of control measures.
• Supervision of sanitation.
• Quality checking of drinking water supply.
• Anti-mosquito and anti- rodent work inside airports.
• To attend aircraft medical emergencies.
• Inspection of food stuff, catering establishments inside the premises of airport under the FSSAI, 2011.
• Assistance in sampling of imported food items and forwarding the lab analysis report.
• Passenger screening, isolation & quarantine, contact listing, aircraft disinsection, transportation, arranging logistics for various public health measures etc..
• To undertake effective surveillance activities on international travellers, aircrafts, cargos, conveyances, goods, postal parcels etc.
• To ensure a safe environment for travellers using point of entry facilities like potable water supplies, eating establishments, flight catering facilities, public washrooms, appropriate solid and liquid waste disposal services and other potential risk areas.

Health & Welfare Department Staff Eligibility

• Candidate's should be atleast 10th standard pass or above and a formal nurse training for the individuals who is working as a nurse.
• Candidates should be between 18 - 32 years of age.

Health & Welfare Department Staff Salary

The salary for the individuals working in this department is between Rs. 10,000 - 12,000 on starting while those having experience of more than 2 - 4 years shall get more. For the post of nurse the salary is little higher between Rs. 14,500 - 18,000 and with experince he/ she is paid more.