Berhampur: Following breakout of dengue in Anugul along with other district, the chickungunya at Dharakot block in Ganjam district left the people in the state of panic. The number of patients rose to hundred in the block on Tuesday. It seems that some of the patients are unable to walk and the rest have pain in their external body parts, the people apprehend that the dreaded disease has broken out in the district.
From Sunday onwards, the number of patients are on the rise. On Monday, near about fifty people were affected and rushed to the hospital, but on Tuesday, more than hundred people were affected in the disease at Gadadamodarpalli and nearby villages of Dharakot block.
Most of the patients were taking treatment by sleeping on the floor due to lack of bed. Ganjam District Mediacal Officer (Maleria) Dr Uma Shankar Mishra has visited the affected village on Monday afternoon. Among others Dharakot Tehsildar Sangeeta Behera and Zilla Parishad member have visited the spot to take stock of the situation.
The medical team has started spraying DDT by going to door to door in the village. Treatment is going on. Awareness programmes has been started to keep clean the surrounding of the village as well as the houses.
Out of the affected, Tamal Gauda, Kalu Gauda, Kanak Gauda, Devraj Gauda, Sibani Khatei, Jitendra Das and Bharati Dakua are reported to be in serious condition and have been admitted at the Dharakot Community Health Centre for treatment while the rest hundreds are getting treated in the hospital and in village on Tuesday.
A press meet was organized on Wednesday in the IEC hall of CDMO, Ganjam to discuss about Dengue and Chickungunya problem in the district. CDMO Suryamani Patnaik along with other health officials discussed about the symptoms, pre-caution, treatment and preventive measures for Chickungunya and Dengue.
“We have discussed about the prevention of Chickungunya and Dengue disease. It’s curable, no need of panic over this. We have taken preventive measures in Gadadamodarpalli village of Dharakot block. We are waiting for the medical report of the disease, which will come very soon”, said CDMO to the newsmen here.
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