The district medical authorities have urged the public and food vendors to take precautionary measures in view of increase in the number of cases of diarrhoea and related diseases.
An official press release issued by the District Medical Office here said that an increase in cases of diarrhoea and related symptoms were reported in the district. They said the public and restaurants and food vendors should take extra care to ensure personal and public hygiene.
The release said washing hand with soap or hand-wash lotion should be done before eating food.
Hand-wash facilities
Restaurants should ensure that hand-wash lotion or soap was available near wash basin and should supply only properly boiled hot water to customers.
Action would be taken against restaurants keeping stale food items. They were also required to pest-flash to destroy flies, the release said, stressing that it was the duty of owners of restaurant and bakeries to ensure the personal hygiene of their employees.
The public was also warned against open defecation and improper disposal of children’s diapers. Parents should also ensure that children’s nails were trimmed and kept clean. Infant should be given breast milk as long as possible, the release said, adding bottled milk should be avoided if possible.
Food items and drinking water should be kept in closed containers and bottles. Ground water wells should be frequently chlorinated to protect from contamination. Residents should ensure that their surroundings were free from fallen leaves and waste materials, the release said.
A warning was also given against consuming rotten fruits and vegetables.
If symptoms of diarrhoea were found, ORS (oral re-hydration salt) mixture should be given to patients to prevent dehydration. Lemon water mixed with salt and sugar and butter milk with salt could also be given against dehydration, the release said.
Restaurants asked to take care of food hygiene
Action against those who sell stale food
