One death has been reported from Gomia block in Bokaro district in a fresh outbreak of malaria.
Over 60 people are undergoing treatment in various hospital of different blocks of Bermo sub-division. Despite health department’s claim, over a dozen live till date. If the reports reaching the district headquarters are to be believed, hundred of patients are still suffering from malaria. The disease has acquired an epidemic proportion in Gomia block. One Rajiv Tuddu (12) son of Shivlal Tuddu died of malignant malaria at a private nursing home recently .Many tribal labourers of the Gomia and its surrounding villages like Dumari, Udda, Goshya, Siyari and Dawar have been fallen prey to the disease.
Taking serious notes of the situation the health department of Bokaro district has decided to conduct an etymological survey in Gomia block to ascertain the reasons behind the outbreak.
But, district malaria officer AK Poddar said that almost every day people are dying not only because of cerebral malaria but also other disease too, he said six or seven teams have been formed by the health department, Gomia to fight the disease. These team are moving village to village identifying the affected cases despite absence of resources including slides, thus the laboratory technicians have been facing hardships.
Bokaro civil surgeon Dr SN Tiwari said measures to combat the disease in the block like collection of blood slides, spraying of DDT, ensuring the availabity of anti-malaria drug, life saving injections to fight the spread of the disease has been taken up in these villages. The civil surgeon however, advised the villagers to adopt preventive measures and maintain cleanliness and domestic precautions to control the malaria.