BRAHMAPUR: Following the death of an inmate of an orphanage, Ganjam district administration has decided to form a multi-disciplinary squad to inspect the orphanages and to examine the problems in the homes.
Recently, one inmate died and
several others were afflicted with typhoid at the Utkal Balashram orphanage for
girls, where 64 inmates are staying, located here. After the incident, the
district administration decided to form a squad comprising officials from
social welfare, health, revenue and other departments, which will visit
different orphan homes every month and try to sort out their problems, the
Additional District Magistrate Nirmal Mishra said.
According to Mishra, there are 11
registered orphanage homes in the district. The district administration passed directions
for enrolment of unregistered orphanages as soon as possible otherwise stringent
action would be taken against them, he added.
A medical team headed by the
Additional District Medical Officer (ADMO) will visit the home to look after
the health of the inmates. The ADMO said seven of the inmates were now
undergoing treatment at the MKCG Medical
College and Hospital here with all
tested positive for typhoid. The patients are in good condition and their
medical expenditure would be met from the state treatment fund, he added. In
order to avoid contamination of water, filters would be provided from district
Red Cross, sources said.
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