The Government and administration, with the association of urban bodies, have launched special campaign on Monday for prevention of jaundice in various cities of the State including Raipur and Durg.
Under this drive, Raipur Divisional Commissioner Bl Tiwari and Collector Thakur Ram Singh on Monday visited health check-up camp organised in Deendayal Upadhyay Nagar in Raipur.
The camp was held at the Kanchan Ashv Parisar with the cooperation of Raipur Homoeopathic College and Hospital, Ramakrishna Care Hospital, Ganga Diagnostic Centre and Vandana Industrial Group. Public Health Engineering Department has made drinking water testing arrangement at the camp. Doctors and health employees have been imparting information about the measures to be taken for the prevention of jaundice.
They are providing proper medical counseling and medicines to the people as per requirement. The divisional commissioner, Collector Singh and Municipal Corporation Commissioner Avinash Sharan on Monday inspected the health check-up camp organised at Government Ayurvedic Medical College Hospital.
They inquired about the health condition of the jaundice patients undergoing treatment there. They were informed that the patients are responding to the medical treatment and getting speedy recovery.
During the visit, Tiwari instructed the officials to ensure that people receive their blood test reports as soon as possible. He also reviewed the drinking water and sanitation arrangements at Deendayal Nagar. The officers instructed Municipal officials to take immediate measures and ensure supply of safe drinking water.
On Sunday also, Tiwari had visited Deendayal Upadhyay Nagar and had issued necessary instructions to the health workers and mitanins. He, along with Durg Collector Brijeshchandra Mishra, had visited Durg district headquarters and various wards of Bhilai-3 and inspected the arrangements made there for prevention of jaundice.
The Divisional Commissioner visited the special ward for jaundice patients in Durg district hospital and inquired the doctors about the medical treatment being provided to the patients and the improvement in their health conditions. He inspected the health checkup camps organised at Shantinagar Ward Number 17, Takiyapara Ward Number 8 and Rajeev Nagar Ward Number 2.
Chief Medical and Health Officer informed him that in last two months about 13,000 houses in Durg city were surveyed and 640 persons diagnosed with jaundice symptoms were provided immediate medical treatment.
The Commissioner also inspected the health check up camps organised at Electricity Board Colony, Ward- 21, Ward-19 and Ward-12.