(): The MLA from Varanasi Cantonment area Saurabh Srivastava flagged off ‘Special Communicable Disease Control Campaign’ here on Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the state government is continuously making efforts for the prevention and control of communicable and mosquito-borne diseases like dengue, malaria, chikungunya, filariasis etc. He expressed his views at the inauguration ceremony of the campaign at Swami Vivekananda Memorial Government Hospital in Bhelupur.
To prevent these diseases, a special campaign was launched during the day and this campaign will run throughout the month of October. For this, teams of 10 departments including Health department, Municipal Corporation, Panchayati Raj department etc have been deployed, which will go door-to-door to prevent diseases and make the community aware. In such a situation, it is also the responsibility of the public to cooperate in the campaign, to be alert and aware, said the MLA.
He said that with the inspiration of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the guidance of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, better medical and health facilities are being provided to all the people. “Along with the district administration and various departments, public representatives will also give full emphasis to make this campaign successful. In the campaign, anti-larva spraying, fogging, cleanliness, hygiene etc will be taken care of to prevent dengue and other diseases. Situation of water logging, dirt, garbage etc will also be removed,” he said.
According to him, along with examination and treatment, necessary medicines will also be provided. “Cleanliness campaign will be run especially in the slum areas of the city. Source reduction work like spraying of pesticide chemicals, destruction of mosquito breeding places etc will be done,” he said, appealing to the public that dengue mosquitoes bite only during the day and to protect themselves from this they should wear clothes that cover the entire body. “Use anti-mosquito cream. Use mosquito nets while sleeping,” he said, adding that a healthy and better nation can be built only with everyone’s cooperation.
Speaking on the occasion, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Sandeep Chaudhary said that the Special Communicable Disease Control and Dastak Abhiyan are very ambitious programmes of the Chief Minister. “Just as Japanese Encephalitis (JE) has been controlled to a great extent in the state, similarly diseases like dengue, malaria, filariasis, kala azar, TB, leprosy etc will also be controlled by running the campaign,” he said, adding that the Health department will be the nodal department in this campaign. As many as 10 departments including Municipal Corporation, Panchayati Raj, Animal Husbandry. Women and Child Development. Education, Disabled Public Welfare, Agriculture and Irrigation will make the campaign successful by mutual coordination. The CMO said that maximum publicity work will be done regarding the campaign and in this, cooperation of public representatives, influential persons, various institutions as well as the public will also be taken. District Malaria Officer Sharad Chand Pandey conducted the entire programme. On the occasion, Dr Kshitij Tiwari, Kasim Khan, KK Rai, Sanjeev Singh, Dr Amit Singh, Dr Shishir, Archana Singh, Ajay Mishra, Pradeep Srivastava and Dr Shahid were also present.