CPI protests, seeks hospital upgrade
Jagatsinghpur: CPI members and supporters on Saturday staged a dharna before the Community Health Centre (CHC) at Kujang demanding good health facilities from the hospital. The demands included establishment of a blood bank and an X-ray laboratory, supply of snake and dog bite vaccines, upgradation of the hospital and filling up of vacant doctors’ posts. CPI leader Hrushikesh Nath said the hospital comes under the constituency of Health Minister Damodar Rout, but he never pays any attention to its pitiable condition. last year, Rs 72 lakh was sanctioned for upgradation of the hospital, but the tender procedure is yet to be completed. CDMO Dr Bijay Kumar Sahoo rushed to the dharna site and assured the agitators that the demands wound be fulfilled in 15 days.
Divine life ladies hold blood donation camp
Sunabeda: To mark the centenary of Sri Chidanandaji Maharaj, a voluntary blood donation camp was organised here on Sunday at the ashram of the Divine life Society, ladies’ Branch, where 54 units of blood were collected by the Odisha Red Cross Blood Bank, Koraput. The was inaugurated by HAl DGM AB Pradhan in the presence of Divine life Society president Kamala Kumari Panigrahi and office-bearers of District Blood Donors' and Motivators' Forum, Koraput Dr Uma Sankar Prasad Patra and Shaik Ibrahim. Blood Bank Officer Dr B Krishna and his staff collected blood. The most important thing in this camp was that mostof the donors were women. It was also interesting to note that from one family three members, mother, son and daughter in-law, donated blood while in other cases, mother and son as well as couples donated.
Vitamin A given to kids to prevent measles
Brahmapur: Health officials in Ganjam district have launched a drive to administer Vitamin A doses to children in measles-hit Dasiamaripalli and villages within its five-km radius. Forty-five more children have been infected with the disease since Friday. With this, the total number of affected children increased to 67 while the number of suspected measles cases stood at 30, official sources said. It has been decided to administer Vitamin-A doses to all children up to the age of five years. As many as 96 children have already been administered Vitamin-A to improve their immunity. Besides, a six-day special immunisation drive to vaccinate children up to two years would kick off in the district soon, the sources said.