Preparing well to combat the spread of deadly infections like Dengue and Chikungunya, the Punjab Government on Monday held a multi-departmental meeting.
The State Health Minister, Brahm Mohindra, who presided over the meeting of 11 departments, has given a week’s time to these departments to furnish action taken report regarding arrangements.
Mohindra has asked the departments, including Health, Education, local Bodies, Transport, among others, to submit an action taken report on the preliminary arrangements done by them to check the potential outbreak of Dengue and Chikungunya in the state.
Minister has also taken exception to the careless attitude of the three departments. “In the inter departmental meeting held three months ago, all the concerned departments were asked to furnish the action taken report but despite this, three departments didn’t even respond,” he said.
“These departments have shown the lackadaisical approach by ignoring the instructions and advisory of the Health Department,” said Mohindra.
During the meeting, the Minister asked the local Government Director KK Yadav to procure the fogging machines and pesticides well in time and act swiftly to check the outbreak of Dengue and Chikungunya.
The Minister said there are widespread cases of breeding of Dengue and Chikungunya mosquitoes like in ludhiana 398 cases in Faridkot 213, Fazilka 180, Fatehgarh Sahib 153, Bathinda 132.
Mohindra issued instructions to the Indian Medical Association to ensure that private hospitals regularly are sending report of Dengue and Chikunguniya cases to the Health Department so that effective steps in the affected areas must be taken.