Whereas cases of water and vector borne diseases are on the rise in different parts of the region, the Nainital district administration has woken up to this health problem only after death of a child due to diarrhoea in its Okhalkanda block's Aghora village.
The Nainital district's Okhalkanda block is one of the parts of the Nainital district which have poor access to the basic services like health.
At a time when the Nainital district administrative machinery should have already put in place necessary arrangements to tide over any untoward incident like the one witnessed in Okhalkanda's Aghora village on Sunday in view of the critical summer season, the district administration, Nainital, has now ordered the district health department to rush to the vector borne and waterborne diseases affected Aghora village of Okhalakanda block.
District Magistrate Nainital Akshat Gupta now taking a note of the casualty claimed by the dreaded disease like diarrhoea in Aghora village has asked the district health department to send a team of doctors to the Aghora village of Okhalkanda block on Monday.
He has also asked now to provide free of cost health
services to the children who are affected by diarrhoea and
other water and vector borne diseases. The cases of diarrhoea are on the rise even in Haldwani's base hospital, as the officials concerned have said, emphasising on the need to take necessary steps in all sensitive areas in the summer season.
At the same time now the district administration, Nainital has also directed the officials concerned of the district health department to keep necessary medicines in adequate quantity in all important health centres at lalkuan, Haldwani, Ramnagar, Nainital, Kaladhungi, Bhimtal to name a few of the district so that health situation could be maintained in the district.
Besides, the Nainital district administration has also directed the civic bodies across the district to launch cleanliness drives in their respective areas in view of the transitional period giving rise to vector and water-borne diseases.
The officials concerned of Jal Sansthan have also been directed to ensure supply of clean drinking water to the citizens in different parts of the district.
In the meantime, doctors and health experts have also advised the common people to avoid eating cut fruits and food in open places. Besides, the health experts have also urged the citizens not to eat stale food during the summer season.