Health Minister of Uttarakhand Surendra Singh Negi has directed the Principal Secretary Health Om Prakash to keep a close watch on the situation of Dengue in Dehradun and Haridwar districts. He said that review meetings with agencies involved in anti dengue activities should be taken on day to day basis. Negi ordered that the facility of ElISA test and availability of platelets should also be reviewed regularly.
The health minister gave these directions while undertaking a review meeting of senior officers of health department here on Friday. He said that department should ensure that the private labs should not charge more money from the dengue patients.
The minister reviewed the progress of block level special screening camps and said that department should undertake an awareness campaign for these camps from October 02.
He said that additional vehicles should be provided for these camps and directed the Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) of all districts to ensure availability of medicines in these camps. Negi said that CMOs have been authorized to purchase medicines worth Rs 50,000 for these camps. On MSBY, the health minister said that complaints that some listed hospitals are compelling the patients covered under the scheme to purchase medicines are coming. He directed the officers to regularly review the progress of the ambitious scheme.
The minister also assessed the preparation of department on free diagnostic test scheme. The minister was informed that the service manual for the dental surgeons is prepared and the recruitment advertisement for dentists would soon be released. He reviewed the process of appointment Medical Officers, PG pass outs and ANMs.
The meeting was attended by Additional Secretary health Neeraj Khairwal, Director General Health services, Dr Kusum Narriyal, joint Secretary Health Atar Singh, Director medical health Dr S C Pant and Officer on special Duty (OSD) Dr Ajit Gairola.