CUDDALORE: A total of 190 people have been admitted to various government-run hospitals across the district with fever, with three in Cuddalore GH showing symptoms of dengue. Isolation wards have been set up in all hospitals, and the district administration has deployed a team of ‘Domestic Breeding Checkers’ across the district to destroy mosquito-breeding sources.
On Tuesday, several people flocked the Cuddalore GH with fevers, with most of them being women and children. A senior official from the health department said, “All patients are being monitored continuously for fever and serious cases are put up in an isolation ward for treatment”. He added that there are 19 Primary Health Centres, 319 Health Sub-Centres, 11 Government Hospitals, and one headquarters Government Hospital, “where the separate ward has been set up for constant screening and care of patients.” The senior official also confirmed that three patients are currently being treated for dengue symptoms.
Meanwhile, Collector V Anbuselvan on Tuesday inspected places in Vadalur where a dengue drive was undertaken. Officials also said regular fogging and source-reduction work are being done in the district for reducing the ‘fever outbreak impact’.
Revenue officials said that during the dengue prevention drive, they have ordered people to remove freshwater that had been stored for longer periods in containers, water tanks, flower pots etc. in the open. The district administration has also formed teams, along with members of the health department, dedicated to remove the sources that aid the spread of dengue, called ‘Domestic Breeding Checkers’.
So far, the officials have visited houses, commercial enterprises, hospitals, construction sites and shops. The mission is to find and destroy the larvae of Aedes aegypti dengue mosquito in small to large quantities prior to the northeast monsoon.