Health Minister held a review meeting on dengue prevention measures
Chennai: Health Minister Ma Subramaniam met district health officials and reviewed dengue control measures, availability of medicines, treatment procedures being followed in hospitals and testing of samples in laboratories across the state.
After inspecting the dengue wards set up at the Tiruvallur District Government General Hospital, the Health Minister discussed dengue prevention measures with local civic officials.
The minister said that the condition of all dengue patients is stable and the situation is under control.
With 53 dengue cases in a day, a total of 6,222 dengue cases are being reported daily.
A slight decline has been seen in active cases and 571 people are undergoing treatment for dengue in hospitals across Tamil Nadu.
A maximum of 3,15,796 dengue samples have been tested this year.
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“As far as Tamil Nadu is concerned, all machinery and medicines are in adequate stock. Cases of chikungunya and monsoon-related diseases are under control and there is no need to panic,” the minister said.
Talking about Tiruvallur Government Medical College Hospital, he said that three more medical camps will be held this month, and five medical camps will be organized in December.
The camp is likely to continue till the northeast monsoon ends. There has been no dengue death in Tiruvallur for more than four months.
The minister said the assembly member from Tiruvallur had requested to set up a cardiology department in the Tiruvallur government hospital and cardiology departments were being set up in medical college hospitals at a cost of Rs 4.50 crore.
He announced that since there is a need for better medical infrastructure for cardiovascular diseases, steps would be taken to set up a cardiology department at Tiruvallur Medical College Hospital in the next financial year.
