As many as 6,695 cases of malaria, 322 cases of dengue and nine cases of chikungunya have so far been reported in Haryana.
According to the state Health Department, 322 cases of dengue have been reported in the state of which 26 patients have been admitted to hospitals and 201 have been discharged after treatment. Besides, 95 patients are undergoing treatment in OPDs.
6,695 cases of malaria have been reported in the state of which 4,409 have been reported from Mewat.
Following the increase in cases of dengue and malaria, Haryana Health Minister, Anil Vij on Friday directed the concerned officers to complete fogging and anti larvae measures in the state within next ten days so as to effectively check the spread of these disease.
The Health Minister, who was presiding over a meeting to review the measures being taken for checking the spread of dengue and malaria in the state, also reprimanded officers for not carrying out the work in a time bound manner.
The Minister also urged the people to observe Sunday as ‘drying day’ by cleaning utensils and water sources such as coolers to check breeding of mosquitoes. While the officers of Public Health Engineering Department presented a report on developing ‘leakage-free Haryana’, officers of the Urban local Bodies department also presented a report on spraying of mosquito repellant inside and outside houses.
Vij directed the officers to make available all facilities and kits for detection of dengue in all districts.
He also asked to maintain vigil on private hospitals so that they do not charge more than prescribed rates for conducting ‘ElISA’ test. Apart from this, he directed officers to ensure that dengue test results were confirmed by the laboratories of state-run district hospitals. All state-run public health centres, community health centres and sub-divisional hospitals would also have to abide by this rule, said he.
The Minister also asked officers to assign responsibility of particular areas to Medical officers for ensuring medical services, spraying of repellant and fogging in those areas.
A day before, the State Government had ordered cancellation of leave of all doctors, dentists, paramedical staff and other officials of the Health Department, till further orders, so as to control the spread of dengue, malaria and chikungunya.
The Government had also directed to launch an educational drive to make the people aware of preventive measures to keep a check on the spread of these diseases.