Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 7: The Health Department has taken elaborate measures across Jammu division to control and combat dengue with monitoring and blood collection centres at the district and sub division level besides establishment round the clock monitoring cell at the divisional level.
According to Director Health Services, Jammu, Dr B S Pathania, eight sample collection centres have been established in Samba district where from maximum cases of dengue have been reported. Besides, every district has been equipped with sample collection centres and a monitoring cell has been set up at all the district headquarters, he added.
Similarly, supervising teams comprising Epidemiologist and State Malarioligist Jammu have been constituted to monitor the situation.
Referring to other initiatives like generating awareness among the people and carrying out anti mosquito drive, health functionaries have been continuously conducting sprays and fogging is being carried out in Jammu and Samba districts.
Dr Pathania said that Community Health Centres and Primary Health Centres have already been mobilized to carry out insecticidal sprays and cleanliness drives in collaboration with municipal and other Government agencies.
He said IFC activities and making about prevention measures of dengue have been carried out in various areas to educate the people in urban as well as rural areas regarding the crucial need for maintaining high standards of health and hygiene besides keeping the surroundings clean with special focus on discouraging stagnant water around the residential areas.
The Director said that the Divisional Monitoring Cell setup at Directorate of Health Services remains in constant touch with the field units to have latest updates about the cases reported and measures taken to meet the situation.
All the CMOs and BMOs have evolved similar mechanism in their areas of jurisdiction to combat the malady and take necessary measures in providing the people necessary assistance.
The Director said that 364 dengue positive cases have been reported from all over the region and most of these cases have been reported from Samba district. The department has been fully geared up to meet the situation and cooperation from the people is also needed to clean the stagnant water in and around their residential areas to curb the spread of dengue.
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