Health and Family Welfare Department Secretary Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra on Saturday asked all the Chief District Medical Officers (CDMOs) to take all precautionary measures to check possible spread of water and vector-borne diseases like malaria, dengu, chickengunia and diarrhoea in their respective districts during the current rainy season.
Mohaparta has written to all the CDMOs to this effect. He also asked the them entrust a gram panchayat to each of Health Workers and Health Supervisors for inspection. “The Health Workers and Supervisors should be asked to identify patients suffering from water and vector borne diseases and provide required treatment at the very early stage.
They should also be asked to report the cases regularly,” Mohapatra said in the letter. He also warned that strong action would be taken against the neglecting Health Workers and Supervisors.
A statement of the department said more 6,000 health workers have been deployed for the purpose in the State.