The Health Department, district vector-borne diseases control office, and the Mysuru City Corporation have jointly formed three mobile teams comprising doctors, health workers and lab technicians to take up a weeklong special drive to create awareness about dengue, chikungunya, and malaria. The teams will also collect blood samples from people who have symptoms of these diseases.
Basavaraj, district health officer, S. Chidambara, district vector-borne diseases control officer, and Ramachandra, health officer in MCC, told The Hindu on Thursday that in the wake of a spurt in cases of dengue, the three departments at the behest of the Health Minister have formed the teams and commenced the drive. The teams are educating people about the dos and don’ts to prevent the disease.
Schedule
Dr. Chidambara said the mobile teams have visited all slums in the affected areas in the city. They will visit construction sites on Friday. On Saturday, they will visit educational institutions and hotels, and go to government offices on Sunday. The mobile teams will cover public places such as the city bus-stand, urban bus-stand, railway station, and market on Monday. On Tuesday, they will visit hospitals. On June 22, the last day of the campaign, they will visit industrial layouts, he said.
Dr. Chidambara said that people, whose condition was serious or were suffering from fever for many days, would be shifted to the district hospital.
The teams will also fumigate required places to destroy larvae. Of the three mobile squads, two were covering city areas while one has been assigned to rural places in the district. The teams have already visited the Devaraj Urs colony, Dharam Singh colony and Vidyaranyapura 10th ward and a number of other slums.
Cases so far
Over 13 cases of dengue and 12 cases of chikungunya were reported in the city from June 1 to 10. Over 131 tested positive for dengue in the last few months. Health Minister U.T. Khader had visited the city two days ago and held a meeting with senior officials of the department.
Three mobile teams to educate people about the dos and don’ts to prevent the diseases
