A three-member team of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Union Ministry of Health arrived here on a State visit on Sunday in the series of assessing processes of cooperation and assistance in swine flu-affected States. The decision to send the team was taken at a video-conferencing of the Union Secretary with States’ Chief Secretaries. The Central team took stock of arrangements in Indore and Bhopal districts on February 19 and 20. later, the team met Chief Secretary and senior health officers and reviewed materials and assistance being extended by the Central Government.
Central and State Governments are making joint efforts to control this seasonal epidemic. Arrangements are being made to give further fillip to educating people about importance of immediate treatment. In the State, advice to people to take treatment immediately is being aired on radio and TV and other communication mediums. Principal Secretary Health Praveer Krishna informed that process should be undertaken to convey this information to every household.
Asha workers of every health unit in the urban and rural areas should distribute concerning pamphlets in 50 houses each daily and apprise people of treatment process. In this way, efforts have been started to begin this process in 35 lakh houses in the State daily. This system will be applicable in treatment of dengue and malaria as well. People have also been advised not to let water get accumulated in old tyres, flowerpots, avoid stagnation of water and destroy cooler grills and Khas pads.
As many as 455 screening centres for swine flu are active in the State in district hospitals, community health centres and primary health centres. About 75,000 patients are availing consultation and treatment facility. As many as 311 patients have returned home in the State after recovering fully. Arrangements of medicines for three months have been made. Campaign to convey preventive and precautionary methods to every household is on. It is result of the campaign that no patient has been reported from Chhatarpur and Dewas.