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Viral fevers stalk hamlets
The tribal hamlets and agency villages in the district were affected by severe viral fevers, which were assuming epidemic level, leaving the residents confined to beds. According to sources nearly 60 per cent of the population in the area was crippled by the fevers. Those who were affected were forced to remain in beds for at least 10 days time.
Health officials in no hurry to provide relief to tribals
Mahabubabad (Warangal): The tribal hamlets and agency villages in the district were affected by severe viral fevers, which were assuming epidemic level, leaving the residents confined to beds. According to sources nearly 60 per cent of the population in the area was crippled by the fevers. Those who were affected were forced to remain in beds for at least 10 days time.
Men, women and children were becoming the victims of the disease. At Somla Thanda in Parvatagiri gram panchayat in Mahabubabad mandal nearly 200 people were sick out of its population of about 800. The men who fall sick could not attend their daily chores while the students could not go to the schools.
‘I could not go to the school for the past 10 days due fever’ said ten- year- old Vankudoth Asmita who studies at a government school in Parvatagiri. The same was the case of Geeli and Kamli who were in their late 50’s who were forced to depend on others. The residents of Somla Thanda said that for the past one month the residents were falling sick one after another. But the local medical or revenue officials failed to respond though they were aware of the situation, they complained.
As a result the tribals who are not able to move out of their homes were forced to rely on RMP doctors who were making rounds of the hamlet offering treatment. This in turn was causing them to incur huge amount toward treatment. The resident medical officer at Mahabubabad Area Hospital Dr Jagadish said the diseases were caused due to seasonal changes and because of lack of cleanliness.
About 20 patients from Tallapusalapalli in the mandal were admitted at the hospital on Tuesday with fever and body pains. The District Medical and Health Officer Dr B Sambasiva Rao informed The Hans India that he had directed the local medical officials to conduct medical camp at Somla Thanda where the spread of viral diseases was serious.
A plan of action was prepared and medical camps at all the tribal hamlets and agency villages would be held. The serum of the patients was being collected and to sent MGM Hospital to assert whether it was dengue or chickungunya. In agency villages spread of malaria was high. About 36 cases of malaria were reported in agency villages.
‘We usually conduct medical camps on a regular basis. Due to Godavari Pushkarams the camps could not be held leading to the spread of viral diseases’ Dr Rao said. The district malaria officer was directed to take up fogging operations in hamlets and villages, he added.
Parvatagiri sarpanch Guguloth Veeranna said he did what could do. The water samples were collected and measures were being taken to supply clean water. For the blood tests it requires Rs 900 per person hence the issue would be taken to the notice of district collector V Karuna and local MLA B Shanker Naik, he added.
By:James Edwin
