A state level three-member team visited various hospitals of the district during the last two days to assess the condition of fever patients. The team included Dr KN Tiwari, Director (Communicable Diseases), Dr Vikasendu Agrawal, State Surveillance Officer and Dr Pankaj Guma, physician, Lokbandhu Rajbandhu Hospital, Lucknow. The team members visited Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya (DDU) Hospital during late night and Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital, Ramnagar and Shri Shiv Prasad Gupta (SSPG) Divisional Hospital, Kabirchaura on Tuesday to get information about the condition of the patients admitted in the wards. They also reviewed the available testing and treatment facilities at these government hospitals.
Talking to the reporters at his office, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Sandeep Chaudhary, along with visiting team members apart from Varanasi Division’s Additional Director (Health) Dr Manjula Singh and others said that 250 beds are available in DDU Hospital and 50 additional beds can be arranged. At the time of the visit of the state team, a total of 229 patients were admitted in the hospital, out of which 176 patients were admitted due to fever and other fever related reasons, out of which 12 patients were dengue positive.
He also informed that all the admitted patients were completely stable and were being given proper treatment in the hospital. “Necessary facilities are available in the hospital for testing dengue and other diseases and medicines and IV fluids are also available in sufficient quantities. Elisa reader is also functional in the hospital for advanced testing,” he claimed.
The CMO further informed that there are 153 beds available in LBS Hospital and 20 additional beds can be arranged. “At the time of the visit of the state team, a total of 115 patients were admitted in the hospital, out of which 31 patients were admitted due to fever and other fever related reasons, out of which eight patients were dengue positive. All the admitted patients were completely stable and were being given proper treatment in the hospital,” he said, adding that necessary facilities are available in the hospital for quick diagnosis of dengue and malaria diseases and medicines and IV fluids are also available in sufficient quantity.
Besides, the CMO said that 316 beds are available in SSPG Divisional Hospital and 40 additional beds can be arranged. “At the time of the visit of the state team, a total of 254 patients were admitted in the hospital, out of which 102 patients were admitted due to fever and other fever related reasons, out of which 13 patients were dengue positive. All the admitted patients were completely stable and were being given proper treatment in the hospital,” he claimed, adding that necessary facilities are available in the hospital for quick diagnosis of dengue and malaria diseases and medicines and IV fluids are also available in sufficient quantity. An ELISA reader has also been installed in the hospital for higher testing, on which kits for testing are being purchased.
The CMO has directed all the urban health centres to provide two additional staff nurses each to these three hospitals until the number of fever patients decreases. Besides, he also directed to make available test kits for Elisa test like scrub typhus, leptospirosis, chikungunya etc at SSPG and DDU hospitals.