In order to free some urban pockets including Raipur from the fury of jaundice outbreak, the Health Department and the urban civic bodies, on the instructions of Chief Minister Raman Singh, have launched a special drive to curb the menace.
Under the campaign, vehicles of ‘Mukhyamantri Shahri Swasthya Karyakram’ (Chief Minister urban Health Programme) have been deployed in the jaundice affected areas.
The activities such as holding health camps in the mobile medical units, health check-up of people have been commenced and free medicines have been distributed to the affected people. Besides, free chlorine tablets have been given to people for water purification, official sources here informed.
According to doctors involved in the campaign, now awareness among people has increased towards cleanliness, pure drinking water and having fresh and hygienic food. As a result, the situation has improved continuously.
Health check-up camps have been organised in 20 places under the Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) areas. Of them four camps have been organised in the four sectors of Deendayal Upadhyay Nagar and the remaining 16 at different parts of the city.
Member doctors of Indian Medical Association (IMA) are also providing their contribution in these camps through private hospitals. A Control Room has been set up at Government District Hospital situated at Police line in Raipur city. The telephone number of which is 0771-4044108. Control room has also been set up at Durg Government District Hospital and the telephone number of which is 0788-2212080.
Raipur District Collector Thakur Ram Singh, Raipur Municipal Corporation Commissioner Avinash Sharan and other senior officers on Saturday visited hospitals and collected information about the jaundice affected patients.
According to RMC health officer Dr Shiv Sharma, health camps were held at 20 places, including Ramsagar Para, DD Nagar Housing Board Colony, Hanuman Nagar, Baijnath Para, Sundar Nagar, Comrade Sudhir Mukherjee Ward, with the cooperation of the District Administration, Health Department and Indian Medical Association (IMA).