Live
- BJP urges EC to stop Cong’s ‘Guarantee Cards’ campaign aimed to 'induce voters'
- Congress cheated Madigas: Dr. RS Praveen Kumar
- CBDT signs record 125 pacts to ease tax payments by big multinational firms
- Kamal Nath accuses BJP of ‘threatening’ Congress leaders in Chhindwara
- Odisha: BJP, BJD allege violation of MCC
- PM Modi lands in Guwahati to kickstart poll campaign
- ‘100 day action plan’ is PM Modi’s signature style for setting goals and meeting targets
- BJP will change the Constitution if they come to power again, says Priyanka Gandhi
- BJP-led NDA to cross 390-mark in Lok Sabha polls, predicts India TV-CNX survey
- Haier launches new TV series in four sizes in India
Prevent diarrhoea with Rotavirus vaccine: DM&HO Dr Kumra Balu
Stating that more children below the age group of two years are coming to the hospitals with diarrhoea due to Rotavirus, District Medical and Health Officer Dr Kumra Balu said ‘Prevention is better than cure’.
Asifabad: Stating that more children below the age group of two years are coming to the hospitals with diarrhoea due to Rotavirus, District Medical and Health Officer Dr Kumra Balu said 'Prevention is better than cure'.
Speaking at Rotavirus vaccine training programme to ANMs and supervisors at DM&HO office in Asifabad on Thursday, Dr Balu told the staff to take measures to prevent diarrhoea by administering Rota Virus vaccine, which will work effectively for kids. He wanted the staff to create awareness among the patients on cleanliness and to ask the patients to wash their hands frequently, to prevent the disease.
Rotavirus vaccine has been using by the people in 96 countries across the world, which is giving good results. Mothers can breastfeed their children before or after the vaccine is given.
Later the DMHO released wallposters and created awareness on PC PNDT Act, Sex Determination Law 1994. Warning the scanning centres that they will be punished if they do sex determination test, the DMHO said that every scanning centre should register their machinery in the Medical and Health department with the details of company name, model serial number. Else their scanning centre will be seized, he warned.
Deputy DMHO Dr Sudhakar Naik, Dr Subbaraidu, PO Dr Sitaram, DIO Vijayalaxmi, Subrahmanyam, Venkateshwarlu, Bheemanna, Rasheed and others were present.
