Taking strong objection to the “lethargic” attitude of various government departments in extending timely treatment to people who fell ill due to malaria in the tribal areas, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has ordered that monthly health bulletins be released in all the districts hereafter.
This would be besides devising a mechanism for quickly communicating the outbreak of epidemics that were taking a heavy toll on the marginalised communities, he said in a teleconference on Friday.
Reviewing the situation caused by the viral fevers in the Agency areas, Mr. Naidu said that in due course, the health bulletins should be issued at the Assembly constituency and mandal levels too. Delay in attending to medical emergency was to be partly blamed for the crisis and people too were ignorant about the preventive measures, he observed. Otherwise, incidents such as the death of 16 persons in Chaparai in East Godavari district could be prevented, he said. He called for proper coordination between the Municipal Administration, Rural Development, and Health and Family Welfare departments to check recurrence of such preventable diseases.
