In order to contain the menace of malaria, dengue and diarrhoea, a workshop was held on Tuesday in the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) here, aiming to raise awareness among the people.
Besides CDMO Bhabani Shankar Pani, district Collector Pramod Das, ADMO Charubala Rath, ADMO family welfare Banabihari Dasmahapatra, SDMO Ajay Samal, district malaria officer Anil Saw, DFO HB Udgata, RWSS executive engineer Rajiv Panigrahi, ZP president Umilata Das, Municipality Chairman Alok Sahu, ASHA and health workers were present.
The CDMO said that the laboratory test facilities in the DHH for dengue and malaria were more reliable than outside labs and they were done free of cost. He stressed on testing them under Government facility.
District Collector Das on the other hand stressed on sanitation and awareness among people, especially tribals, so that they didn’t resort to sorcery and black magic driven by superstitions.
Civic body Chairman Alok Sahu claimed that needful steps were taken to combat the diseases and banners and billboards were displayed as a part of enhancing awareness. He stated that the drains were cleaned regularly and mosquito repellent oil was being sprayed by machines.
Dr Patra and Dr Saw mentioned about various programmes that would be conducted in next nine weeks culminating on September 15.