A door-to-door leprosy screening camp will be held in the district from August 16 to September 3. The camp will be covered by 32 primary health centres in six blocks and one municipal corporation, according to Collector V. Jayachandra Bhanu Reddy.
The administration has deployed 519 teams constituted by 1,010 personnel for the camp.
In Krishnagiri district, all primary health centers in the taluks of Thally, Denkanikottai, Hosur, Shoolagiri, Uthangarai, Kaveripattinam and Hosur Corporation will screen the residents for the disease.
Those screened for leprosy will be provided with a MDT (Multidrug Therapy) as recommended by the WHO guidelines. A total of 37 doctors have been designated for the treatment regimen for persons identified with leprosy.
Persons with symptoms such as discoloured skin patches, growth nodules in the skin, loss of eyebrows, eyelashes, thick, stiff, dry skin; inability to fold fingers, painless lumps or swelling, and unhealed sores among others are urged to visit the nearest government hospital. Early detection and treatment helps cure leprosy, the administration has stated.
Earlier, Dr. Reddy held a consultative meeting with the various departments on the conduct of the door-to-door mass screening camp.
