Pathanamthitta: Health Minister Veena George said that strict vigilance should be taken in the district against contagious fever. The minister was speaking at the District Development Committee meeting held at the Collectorate.
Care should be taken against dengue fever, dengue fever and rat fever. Local bodies should ensure that cleaning activities are carried out properly.
DMO (Health) should provide district hotspot list to local bodies and district administration. On June 26 and 27, a meeting should be held at the local government level and cleaning work should be done. The ward level sanitation committee should ensure that the funds allocated for sanitation are properly utilized. The minister suggested that the local body level meeting should be held once in two weeks and the ward level meeting should be held once in a week to evaluate the cleaning activities.
A dry day should be observed once a week. Every hospital should have a special fever ward and clinic. Treatment charges in private hospitals should be displayed in a visible manner to the patients. As part of health awareness, guest workers’ camps should be visited by representatives of local government, health department and labor department. The minister also said that doctors should be appointed temporarily in the vacancies in the health centers of the district.
