Having failed in its effort to contain spread of dengue the Uttarakhand Government has now sounded an alert for Swine flu in the State.
The Health Minister Surendra Singh Negi has asked the rapid response teams of all districts to be on a state of alert for H1N1, the virus of Swine flu.
He said that the District Surveillance officers Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) would be the nodal officers for H1N1 in districts.
The Minister gave these orders while undertaking a review meeting of the health department at Vidhan Sabha auditorium on Thursday. He said that all district and base hospitals of the State should set up isolation wards for swine flu patients and one physician in all these hospitals should be appointed as nodal officer for the disease.
Negi said that the all the hospitals should have adequate stocks of Tami flu, the medicine of swine flu and the Ayurvedic medicine ‘Kalmedh’.
He said that people can call on toll free number 18001801200 and inform about suspected cases of the disease. The Minister said that the department should be prepared for the disease which usually infects people from November to February.
The Minister said that the health cards to the remaining beneficiaries of the MSBY should be distributed without delay. He reviewed the
progress of this scheme. Negi said that display boards informing the schemes of the health department should be placed at post offices, Block, Tehsil and district
headquarters.
The Minister said that mobile ambulances attached with the hospitals should get involved in the special health camps being undertaken in different parts of the State.
The Minister also sought information about the Gandhi Centenary Eye Hospital (GCEH) and construction work of residential staff quarters at hospitals of the State.
He delivered a warning to the CMO of Nainital for not utilising a sum of Rs 1 Crore allotted for cardiology department in Nainital hospital. The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary health Om Prakash, Director General health Dr Kusum Narriyal, Director Dr SC Pant and Dr Abha Mamgain.