An alarming number of dengue cases registered in the State Capital with the onset of monsoon season reveals the preliminary preparation and strategies adopted by the various Departments are inadequate in tackling the menace.
At present, Rajendra Institute of Medical sciences (RIMS) has registered as many as eleven dengue cases. Recently, dengue patients have been admitted to other Government hospitals and private health care institutes from other districts too.
Considering the menace, the health officers have geared up and are disseminating information to target maximum people especially those who hails from interior belts.
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) is also planning to conduct a meeting within few days and draft an advisory for the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) to start fogging operations in urban vicinity apart creating awareness drive.
“With all preventive measures, the health officials are on toe to tackle this vector borne disease, on priority basis. We have sufficient medicines available with us. An advisory was also issued by the National Health Mission (NHM) recently, giving the details of precautionary measures, which must be considered on precedence basis by one and all,” said, Dr. AK Choudhary, Civil Surgeon, Ranchi.
“Dengue virus causes dengue fever in most cases, characterised by severe body ache, retro orbital headache and at times rash, abdominal pain, nausea. The platelet count also decreases in patients. In such situation, we have already issued asked RIMS to check the blood machines and other mandatory arrangement for blood must be assured for patients’ convenience,” Choudhary pointed out.
Soon the State Government will publicise the preventive measures in elaborate manner to prevent the spread of dengue including other water borne diseases and will also conduct inspection in different regions to destroy breeding pockets of various types of mosquitoes.
Other delineates covering various facets are also being chalked out by the health officials.
“All the districts have already been issued the directives, clearly depicting the do’s and don’t. On July 18 and 19, an awareness seminar cum workshop will be conducted at IPH, Namkom to sensitise and disseminate information about the precautionary measures among the district level officers who have been given the task of monitoring various vector borne diseases status in their respective districts.
Since, this is the transmission period and to stop the cases, we are also trying to work in co-ordination with other departments to tackle the situation with utmost care,” added, Dr. Ramesh Prasad, Head, State Vector Borne Diseases Control Programme.
Considering the cleanliness drive to control the procreation of mosquitoes during the monsoon season, the civic body has formed a team that will monitor the cleanliness process.
“The State Capital has been divided into four zones for the purpose and approximately 13 supervisors have been assigned the task of monitoring the cleanliness. At present, 120 vehicles are there with the civic body and ward councillors have been asked to keep a tab of cleanliness work in their respective wards and immediately act if such cases are found in their wards,” stated, Medical Officer of Health RMC, Dr. AK Manjhi.