Government hospitals in the city have been asked to pull up their socks to tackle the possible outbreak of vector borne and water borne diseases such are dengue, malaria and diarrhoea which usually occur in the monsoons.
Principal Secretary of Health Department BK Tripathi recently instructed the Medical Superintendents of the hospitals to ensure availability of dengue testing kits for proper diagnosis in adequate numbers.Moreover, he had also asked them to conduct regular checking of the overhead and underground water tanks within the premises to prevent mosquitoes breeding.“The health officials have been asked to make high level preparedness to fight with the vector and water borne diseases. To keep a check on the hospital preparedness a team will be formed soon,” said Tripathi.
Meanwhile, the hospitals have also been asked to keep their labs completely prepared for blood diagnosis.“Besides, hospital preparedness the team will also inspect the city blood banks to know its current status and accordingly will take further step,” added Tripathi.Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) Director SK said that he had instructed the officials of medicine department to stock the dengue testing kits within a week. Moreover, the cleaning department has been asked to look after the tanks cleaning regularly.
“As the diseases are mosquitoes- borne, the season will have a deep effect on the development of malaria parasite and life cycle of mosquitoes and insects. Our main focus is to control the spreading of parasites and mosquitoes,” said Choudhary, adding that the hospital is fully prepared to offer the best treatment to the patients suffering from water borne diseases.
On current status of their blood bank he said, “There is no scarcity of blood in our blood banks. Bloods of all groups are available in sufficient quantity. Moreover, we are also organizing blood donation camps in State various parts to overcome of any shortfall in near future.”Notably, complaints of nausea and stomach pain has already started coming in the hospital from past few weeks from city and its adjoining areas.Professor at Department of Paediatrics Dr Arun Kumar Sharma said, “We are attending 20 patients suffering from stomach ache and viral fever every day. The patients are basically from the adjoining areas of Ranchi.”
“In past three days we have received around five cases of diarrhoea, which have mostly been non-effective. Water-borne diseases such as typhoid jaundice and Hepatitis A, the incubation period is of five to seven days, therefore it will be too early to tell to declare about the infection,” he added.