Taking a tough step over rapid rise in Malaria cases in the hillock regions in Bokaro, the district health department sounded an alert; special directives has been issued for all medical staffs.
The health department asked all the village medical staffs to be extra vigilant over the disease and to create awareness among the mass. A special directive has been issued by the Civil Surgeon to all private nursing homes and hospitals. There were asked to inform immediately to the district health department even if any suspect case of Malaria is found, said A Poddar district Malaria Officer.
“We have arranged a special ward at Sadar Hospital for patients suffering with Malaria. Here all special arrangements has been done to tackle with brain and simple malaria cases,” he added.
Notably, Malaria is spreading its wings in the hillock areas of Bokaro district. More than eight deaths form malaria were reported in last few months in the district.
According to the report of district health department over 105 new peoples were found to be suffering from malaria. The worst affected villages are Hisim, Trionala, Gumanzara and Kedla of Kasmar under Paterwar blocks. Dozens are still in the grip of malaria since past twenty days. “The number of patients are rising continuously as these villages lacks with medical health care facilities along with medicines too”, said a villager.
At least 104 blood samples were collected from different villages in which five people are found with Brain Malaria infection, nine with simple Malaria while 90 are tested with seasonal fever, said Poddar.
The Health department suggested the villagers to be extra vigilant and use mosquito net while sleeping. “Bleaching powders are being sprinkled in ponds, wells and places where water is accumulated and special stress in being laid to keep villages clean educating the masses to rush to government hospitals rather than visiting the quacks who time and again fail to save lives of patients due to reference of wrong selection of medicines,” he added.