Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered the transfer of the chief medical officer (CMO) of Firozabad and directed all departments concerned to take due care of medical facilities and cleanliness in view of dengue and viral fever deaths of children in Firozabad an adjoining areas in the last couple of days.
Subsequently, Chief Medical Officer of Firozabad, Dr Neeta Kulshreshta, was sent to Aligarh as senior consultant while Dr Dinesh Kumar Premi, earlier posted as Additional CMO in Hapur, was appointed as her replacement. Besides, a team of 11 doctors, including some experts, were deputed in the affected district. The children who fell ill will be looked after by the team of expert doctors drawn from various places.
The Chief Minister said that the expert team of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had also been pressed into service to test the samples and ruled out Covid-19 as the contagion.
The Health department has been asked to arrange for adequate paramedical staff and conduct camps round-the-clock to keep a close watch on the situation. He also directed senior officers to supervise the treatment and preventive measures and ensure that cleanliness drives were taken up in right earnest.
A State-wide surveillance drive will be taken up from September 7 to 16 during which health workers will go door-to-door to find out if there is anyone suffering from symptoms like viral fever, dengue, malaria or other ailments.
Hospitals will also treat the patients free of cost as per government instructions.
Earlier on Monday, Yogi had visited Firozabad and asked urban and rural local bodies to employ proper spraying and cleanliness logistics to ward off any further threat from dengue, malaria and other water-borne and seasonal diseases.