As many as 21,54,952 persons have been screened for different diseases under ‘Him Suraksha Abhiyan’ in Himachal.
A total of 7298 active teams comprising officials of different departments, district administration are ensuring door to door data collection about health parameters of the people under. If any COVID-19 symptom is found in any person, samples are being collected for further investigation, said Secretary Health Amitabh Awasthi here.
‘Him Suraksha Abhiyan’ was launched by the Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on November 24 and would run till December 27 throughout the state in collaboration with Ayurveda, Women and Child Development, Panchayati Raj Departments and District administration.
Awasthi said that under this campaign, door-to-door information about all the symptoms will be collected for the diseases like COVID-19, tuberculosis, leprosy, sugar and high blood pressure etc.
He said that 1,23,058 persons in district Bilaspur, 1,52,480 in Chamba, 1,86,825 in Hamirpur, 4,87,758 in Kangra, 18,313 in Kinnaur, 1,61,723 in Kullu, 5,943 in Lahaul & Spiti, 3,69,730 in Mandi, 1,46,761 in Shimla, 1,37,907 in Sirmour, 1,98,892 in Solan and 1,65,562 in Una
had been screened till date, which is 29 percent population of the State.
Giving details, he said that a total of 29,135 persons were identified as presumptive for COVID, 8,476 persons presumptive for tuberculosis and 688 persons presumptive for leprosy and all the districts were directed for immediate sampling of presumptive persons for COVID, tuberculosis and leprosy.
He said that the review of the campaign and video conference was also done on Tuesday.
All possible steps are being taken to stop the spread of Coronavirus in the state, he said adding that the officers have been deputed in the districts to monitor the campaign regularly.
The Health Secretary said that dedicated vehicles would be provided in identified Community Health Centres to transport the COVID-19 patients under home isolation to health institutions. These vehicles would be fitted with a fiberglass to separate the driver cabin from the rear seat. In addition to this, as many as 30 ambulances have been added from the districts to supplement the emergency services, he added.
He said that walk-in Kiosk have been placed at a few places in the state to collect the samples of the people.
Awasthi further said that Himachal had already been ranked as the best state in the country in effective implementation of TB eradication programme for the year 2019.