Dengue larvae found at Gzb dist hospital
GHAZIABAD: Amid the rise in dengue cases in Ghaziabad, district health department teams have found dengue larvae at five places in the Sanjay Nagar Combined District Hospital. Officials from the district health department said they have asked the district hospital to take immediate action.
The district hospital at Sanjay Nagar has a special 10-bed dengue ward.
Several teams from the Centre also found dengue larvae at two private hospitals in the district, the officials said, adding they have doubled the strength of inspection teams to 50 from 25.
“We conducted an inspection of the Sanjay Nagar hospital on Monday and found five breeding sites in air coolers. The hospital authorities have been found lacking in this area for the past four years in a row. We have asked them to take immediate corrective steps. If they fail to do so, we will serve them a notice and also impose a penalty of ₹5,000 per instance,” said GK Mishra, district malaria officer.
According to official figures, 23 new cases of dengue emerged on Tuesday, taking the tally to
275 in the district, while the total count for malaria and scrub typhus cases stood at 15 and 39, respectively.
Dr Sanjay Teotia, chief medical superintendent of the Sanjay Nagar district hospital, said, “We have given directions to immediately dry up all 25 air coolers in the hospital. Though we maintain the coolers regularly, it is because of frequent rain that water gets filled up. But the coolers will be cleaned now.”
The district malaria officer said that apart from the local teams, several teams from the Centre are also carrying out inspections. “These teams found
breeding of dengue mosquitoes inside the flower pots at two private hospitals, one at Mohan Nagar and the other at Vaishali. Corrective measures were taken up by them,” Mishra said.
According to the officials, they have so far identified about 6,000 dengue larvae breeding sites across the city.
“Of these 6,000 instances, we have issued notices in about 2,500, and all of them have complied. The major hot spots are at Govindpuram, Harsaon, Vijay Nagar and Sahibabad, among others. Starting Wednesday, we will start inspection of all police stations,” Mishra added.