Varanasi: Because the dengue fever continues to sting the city, the Ministry of Health has tightened votes around private hospitals and pathology to ensure they operate in accordance with government guidelines and are not excessive than patients.
When TII tried to take stock drives carried out by the department, Varanasi Municipal Corporation and others, Chief Medical Officer Dr.
VB Singh said, 108 Dengue cases have so far been confirmed in the district and the number of hotspots has been installed to 41.
These figures are enough to paint a clear picture of a massive surge in the case of dengue fever since July 1 to August 25, the department has a list of 53 cases of dengue fever and 34 hotspots.
Regarding the improvement of pathological tests for dengue fever and long queues witnessed at the blood bank for platelets, CMO said in accordance with government guidelines, the NS-1 kit antigen test report was not enough to confirm dengue fever.
The sample test in the Sentinel Surveillance Laboratory is a must for confirmation.
Given this guideline, only samples were sent to the Laboratory of the Microbiology Department of Hindu Banaras University for Elisa test and positively tested, considered a positive case of bleeding, he said.
To ensure that the same guidelines followed by private practitioners, hospitals and pathological laboratories, he said, a special drive launched in the district from Saturday.
On the early days, 16 health official teams examined 61 centers of hospitals and pathology and issued strict instructions to treat patients according to the guidelines determined by the government and avoided the penalty charging secretly.
Mega hygiene drive, including source reduction exercises such as cleaning water from solid waste, memos and coolers, fogging, anti-larval and bio-chemical sprays, have also been ordered, CMO said, which also examines areas such as Pandeypur.
If officials will be believed to be a big problem being cared for in the villages, which have been included in the VMC limit recently, because they do not have the right drainage system.
The regions, which are still flooded during the floods in Ganga and Varuna, are also a big challenge because waterlogging is still on the empty plot even though cleaning flood water.
Most dengue fever hotspots have been identified in the same area.
Commissioner of the City of Pranay Singh, who led a special hygiene drive, said several areas in Sarnath, Seer Gowardhan, Khujwa, Susuwahi and Chitaipur had been identified very sensitive.
Nodal officers appointed for each ward had been asked to ensure cleaning even grass from empty plots in their area, he added to extra attention to be paid in schools and colleges.