Coimbatore: After the increase in dengue cases in the district, the health department has intensified measures to prevent the spread of dengue.
The department is conducting inspections, conducting fever camps and organizing awareness programmes.
deputy director of health services p. Aruna told TOI that they have deployed a mobile medical unit for each of the 12 medical blocks in the district. “Each unit has a doctor, a nurse and a lab technician. The units will conduct camps in villages and take care of mild cases of fever, cough and cold. If he suspects that people are showing symptoms of dengue or other serious diseases, he will refer the cases to the government hospital.
Besides, daily screening has been done across the district and the public is being sensitized about keeping their surroundings clean and free from water stagnation, which is a breeding ground for dengue-causing mosquitoes, the official said. Can be a venue.
“We have also informed local body officials and block level medical officers to monitor high caseload areas like Perinaikanpalayam.”
The official also ruled out dengue as the reason for the death of a 52-year-old woman at a private hospital in Kovilpalayam near Periyanaicanapalayam on Monday. “An official team inspected the spot. The woman, who had been admitted to the hospital the previous day due to fever, died after developing sepsis. She was suffering from hypertension, diabetes and kidney failure,” said Aruna.
He also said that fever cases are on the rise Kerala Not a matter of concern for the district. “The fever cases reported in Kerala are not contagious. Leptospirosis caused few cases, but humans become infected with the disease through contact with rat urine. So, we do not need to monitor people entering the district from Kerala.
The department is conducting inspections, conducting fever camps and organizing awareness programmes.
deputy director of health services p. Aruna told TOI that they have deployed a mobile medical unit for each of the 12 medical blocks in the district. “Each unit has a doctor, a nurse and a lab technician. The units will conduct camps in villages and take care of mild cases of fever, cough and cold. If he suspects that people are showing symptoms of dengue or other serious diseases, he will refer the cases to the government hospital.
Besides, daily screening has been done across the district and the public is being sensitized about keeping their surroundings clean and free from water stagnation, which is a breeding ground for dengue-causing mosquitoes, the official said. Can be a venue.
“We have also informed local body officials and block level medical officers to monitor high caseload areas like Perinaikanpalayam.”
The official also ruled out dengue as the reason for the death of a 52-year-old woman at a private hospital in Kovilpalayam near Periyanaicanapalayam on Monday. “An official team inspected the spot. The woman, who had been admitted to the hospital the previous day due to fever, died after developing sepsis. She was suffering from hypertension, diabetes and kidney failure,” said Aruna.
He also said that fever cases are on the rise Kerala Not a matter of concern for the district. “The fever cases reported in Kerala are not contagious. Leptospirosis caused few cases, but humans become infected with the disease through contact with rat urine. So, we do not need to monitor people entering the district from Kerala.