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600 medical camps in 10 days: Dana Kishore
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Commissioner M Dana Kishore on Tuesday informed that they would be conducting around 600 medical camps in Greater Hyderabad from August 16 to 26 as part of the initiative taken to prevent the infectious diseases.
Hyderabad: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Commissioner M Dana Kishore on Tuesday informed that they would be conducting around 600 medical camps in Greater Hyderabad from August 16 to 26 as part of the initiative taken to prevent the infectious diseases. He added that there are already around 400 medical camps were conducted in the city.
The Commissioner stated that every Friday should be observed as dry day, which would be aimed at eliminating water storage in containers, mosquito laying eggs on overhead tanks on the house, useless bottles, crates, rubber tires and water coolers. Around 650 teams from the GHMC Entomology Department are participating in the drive.
Special checks on pvt hospitals
The Commissioner said that they received some complaints on several private hospitals that they were charging more for treating people with general fevers, by scaring them that they got dengue fever. Special teams had been set up at district hospitals to conduct inspections for dengue fever cases in corporate hospitals, he added.
