Health Minister Rajesh Tope’s appeal to the citizens to recover mentally along with preventive treatment to prevent the spread of communicable diseases.
Health Minister Rajesh Tope reviewed the ongoing efforts of the health system to provide health services to the
people in the flood-hit areas of the state. The health minister has appealed to the health authorities to provide immediate medical treatment to the injured in the flood-hit areas. After interacting with the District Surgeons, District Health Officers at Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara, he got information about the necessary medicines, pills, and medical teams. The health minister has also appealed to the health system to be vigilant for preventive treatment to prevent the spread of communicable diseases after the floods recede.
Outbreaks appear to be exacerbated during floods. With this in mind, Mr. Tope has given detailed instructions to the health system to prevent outbreaks of water-borne diseases while giving priority to initiating preventive measures through the health department. The system has been instructed to use bleaching powder, chlorine tablets, and chlorine liquid for the purification of wells in flooded areas.
Floodwaters can increase the risk of leptospirosis. Citizens walking on flood or rainwater should be given Leptospirosis Prevention Pills according to their risk classification. Health check-up camps should be conducted in flood-hit areas and rain-fed settlements, adequate stocks of medicines for communicable diseases as well as snake bites should be made available, and smoke and medicine should be sprayed by the local administration to control mosquito breeding, the health minister said.
The health minister also said that there should be a public awareness campaign to prevent the spread of other communicable diseases due to floods in the districts where the incidence of the corona is high.
