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TS govt sounds health alert
TS govt sounds health alert, Telangana State has sounded health alert following the outbreak of Malaria and Diarrhoea cases in districts during the last fortnight .
- Khammam district is worst affected by malaria. It is followed by Adilabad, Warangal and Mahabubnagar districts
- Supply of repellents and mosquito nets comes to halt because of paucity of funds
- District Medical Health officers directed to keep monitoring cells open round-the-clock
Hyderabad: Telangana State has sounded health alert following the outbreak of Malaria and Diarrhoea cases in districts during the last fortnight . Shortage of doctors and paramedical staff in Primary Health Centres (PHCs) , drugs and the sudden climate change have triggered the spread of vector and water- borne diseases in seven districts of Telangana, the Medical and Health Department officials said.
The preventive measures to curb the outbreak of mosquito- borne fever which includes supply of repellents and mosquito nets to the families living in agency areas had come to a halt in the rainy season due to non release of funds.
Sanitation drive in the villages also came to a halt as the staff was not equipped with the required sprayers to eradicate mosquitoes in the disease prone season.
The officials said that the total number of villages affected by malaria were 1,950 , the number of Diarrhoea cases reported were 80,000 as against 70, 000 last year.
State Medical and Health Department officials said Khammam district was the worst affected by malaria. As many as 960 villages, most of them in the agency areas, had been identified as malaria infected villages, followed by 870 in Adilabad, 108 in Warangal and 10 in Mahabubnagar.
Diarrehoea cases were reported from Nalgonda, Nizamabad and Karimnagar districts. The worrying factor was the government had failed to supply chlorine tablets to the affected villages due to non availability of stocks for the last one week.
The officials said 'health alert' was sounded in the seven districts and instructions were given to the District Medical and Health Officers (DMHOs) to keep open round-the-clock monitoring cells in all PHCs by deploying additional staff in the affected villages.
