: Besides launching an aggressive awareness campaign, the Delhi government has decided to map the dengue-affected areas identified last year.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said: “In Delhi, dengue usually starts from June onwards. We will work with people to prevent the spread of dengue and run a large-scale campaign in schools and other places.”
As per a municipal report, at least seven cases of dengue have been reported this year, five of them in the first 10 days of April. The health minister also appealed to the people to clean their houses every week and not allow storage of water in containers and plants for more than seven days.
Delhi Health Corporation
As per the plan, the AAP government will strictly monitor works of domestic breeding checkers (DBC), hired by municipal corporations.
The city, last year, had reported over 15,500 cases till mid-November, which was the highest in the city since 1996 when 10,252 cases and 423 deaths were reported.
Mr. Jain said the government will also make sufficient arrangements at mohalla clinics to treat dengue patients and a fever cell will also be set up at these clinics.
He added that the Delhi Health Corporation (DHC), which will be responsible for purchase of medicines, consumables, equipment, and providing other services across 36 hospitals run by the city government, was registered yesterday.
“The Delhi Health Corporation is registered. The government will not engage doctors in non-clinical works so there will be no dearth of doctors in its hospitals,” said the Minister.
