A door-to-door survey has been launched for the prevention of jaundice in all 70 wards of the city through ‘ANMs’ and ‘Mitanins’ of Chief Minister Urban Health Programme .
Similarly, health examination of jaundice patients is already underway in one Community Health Centre, seven Primary Health Centres and six civil dispensaries of Raipur city, an official press release issued here stated.In the regular review meeting of ‘Jaundice Free Campaign’ that was held here on Friday, District Collector Thakur Ram Singh, while issuing guidelines to the health officers, asked the Civil Surgeon to get health check-up of jaundice patients conducted in all community health centres, primary health centres and civil dispensaries of Raipur city on a regular basis.
The Collector, besides appointing different in-charge officers for collecting information from Government and private hospitals, primary health centres of the city and health check-up camps appointed separate in-charge officer for monitoring the works of ‘ANMs’ and ‘Mitanins’.Civil surgeon Dr VK Das said that arrangement for the health check-up of jaundice patients has been made in community health centre Kabir Nagar, primary health centres at Rajatalab, Kho-Kho Para, Ramnagar, Changorabhatta, Mattpuraina, labhandi and Gudhiyari and in six
civil dispensaries, including Kanshiram Nagar, Kalibadi Ram Sagarpara and Anand Nagar.The Civil Surgeon said that eight jaundice patients admitted in Government District Hospital, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Memorial Hospital and Ayurvedic College hospital, were discharged after they were given treatment.Health examination of 769 patients has been done in 15 camps organised for prevention of jaundice and blood samples of 194 patients have been sent to laboratories for testing.
Besides, more than 8,000 chlorine tables were distributed through camps and ‘Mitanins’. In the meeting, it has been instructed to shift the scheduled health check-up camp from Sarona to Saddu in the city.