As per the instructions of the Government, leprosy eradication week will be started in the district from August 16. During the week, after ensuring participation of community in survey of suspected leprosy patients, treatment and degeneration control work, intense efforts would be made for eradication of leprosy.
In the district-level meeting held on the organisation of leprosy eradication week here on Tuesday, collector RPS Tyagi said that work should be done toward increasing resistance power in the body to prevent it from disease. For this, field workers of health and woman and child development departments should motivate people to change their eating habits.
To increase resistance in the body awareness should be brought among people to take balanced and nutritious food, he added.During the week, six consultancy centres – community health centre Navagarh, Akaltara, Pamgarh, Sakti, Jaijaipur and Dabhara - have been marked in the district for testing, treatment and consultation of patients. Daily from 9 am to 5 pm testing, treatment and consultation of patients would be done at these centres.
Along with a doctor, nine assisting staff - including NMS, NMA, ANM, health supervisor, RMA, staff nurse, compounder, dresser, ward boy – will give their services at the centre. Citizens of the district have been urged to be participants in making the suspected leprosy patients disease free after testing and inspection through MDT medicine.Chief medical and health officer Dr Rl Dhritlahre said that during the leprosy eradication week, for public awareness, publicity would be made through two vehicles.