Chief Minister Raman Singh on Thursday convened an emergency meeting of senior officials at his office in his residence and reviewed the special jaundice prevention campaign underway in Raipur besides a few other cities in the State.
The Chief Minister instructed the officials to conduct free health camps in major wards of Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) and also directed them to spread public awareness regarding the primary measures for prevention of the disease. Singh instructed the municipal officials to consult and take help from Mayor, Chairman, Corporators and Social Service organizations in organizing health camps.
He said that other than government doctors, private physicians should also be appointed in the camps. In the meeting, State officials of Indian Medical Association (IMA) assured the Chief Minister that the private doctors will extend complete co-operation in organizing the health camps. Singh said that collective measures for spreading awareness regarding prevention of jaundice, are being taken at a satisfactory level in a number of cities including Raipur, Durg and Rajnandgaon.
He further said that it is necessary to be constantly alert in order to avoid any untoward situation. Singh instructed that every hospital should have sufficient stock of medicines available. The Chief Minister insisted that it is the responsibility of each Zone Commissioner and other officials concerned to maintain hygiene in their respective wards by ensuring regular cleaning of roads and drainages in their areas.
Singh also insisted on organizing public awareness campaigns in each ward of the cities so as to create awareness regarding importance of hygiene for prevention of jaundice and all contagious diseases. He said that the owners of hotels, restaurants, juice corners, ice factories, vegetable market and butcher shops should also be given proper instructions to maintain hygiene and serve fresh products to the customers.
In the meeting, Singh further said that keeping in view the ongoing summer season and upcoming monsoon, the arrangements for prevention of jaundice and water-borne diseases should be ensured beforehand.He said that most cases of jaundice have been reported mainly from urban areas. The major cause of this disease is the consumption of contaminated water. Hence, water purification should be included at the top of priority list.
Singh gave instructions to Municipal Corporation and all urban bodies of the state to ensure proper maintenance of pipelines of various local water-supply schemes along with regular cleaning of water tanks.The Chief Minister asked the officials to reserve special ward for jaundice patients in Government Ayurveda College in Raipur.Moreover, proper arrangements for best possible treatment of jaundice patients should ensured in both Government District Hospital and Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Hospital, he said.
Present in the meeting were -- Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand, Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) of Health Department Ajay Singh, Principal Secretary Housing and Environment Department N Baijendra Kumar, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister and Public Relations Department Aman Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary of PWD RP Mandal, Principal Secretary of Urban Administration Department MK Raut, Director of Health Department Dr Kamalpreet Singh, Director Urban Administration Dr Rohit Yadav besides senior officials of Raipur Municipal Corporation.
Moreover, IMA State President Dr Ashok Tripathi and Ex-President Dr Kamal Verma along with other Senior officials of IMA including Dr Ashwani Agrawal, Dr Shrinivas Rao and Dr Akhilesh Dubey were also present in the meeting.