New Delhi: Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Sunday said that a high-level medical team from Delhi reached Patna and Bhagalpur to set up medical camps to treat Dengue patients in Bihar.
In the past 5 days, a total of 384 cases of Dengue were registered in the state.
The health department asserted that intensive fogging was being undertaken in water-logged areas, with all medical college hospitals in the city notified as 'sentinel sites' for dengue treatment.
It also said that arrangements were being made to set up free medical camps to treat cases of dengue and chikungunya in the city's worst-affected localities on October 10-12, immediately after the Dussehra festivities.
A release issued by the office Ashwini Kumar Choubey said that the Centre has chipped in with its resources to combat the crisis.
Teams of doctors are treating people for diarrhoea, lung infection and skin diseases which may have been caused by the water-logging, the release maintained.
Patna District Magistrate Kumar Ravi said that around 2.25 lakh residents have been affected by the water-logging.
"Those affected were rescued with the help of boats and provided relief. We are now focusing on preventing the outbreak of vector-borne diseases. For this purpose, 75 teams have been constituted to spray bleaching powder and anti- larval material," Kumar Ravi said.
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