Health workers can now enter your homes to check for larvae of dengue-causing mosquito, Aedes Aegypti, after the state government classified dengue as a “notified disease”.
Health workers can now enter your homes to check for larvae of dengue-causing mosquito, Aedes Aegypti, after the state government classified dengue as a “notified disease”.
As dengue has now been made a 'notified disease,' health workers can conduct checks on any premises and do not need a permission for the same.
It may be recalled that last year, health workers from the BMC had served notices to Bollywood actors Anil Kapoor and Juhi Chawla for not taking measures to prevent breeding of mosquito larvae.
The actors also allegedly opposed health workers conducting checks in their houses. Sources said that the classification had been done after a request from minister for public health Dr Deepak Sawant to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis.
Speaking to newspersons at his Mantralaya office on Wednesday, Dr Sawant said that compared to last year, the number of Malaria patients has declined. He further stated that the government would distribute 1.10 lakh mosquito nets sent by the Central government in regions where malaria cases have been reported.
He added that last year 1,203 dengue cases were reported, which included two deaths. This year 442 dengue cases have been reported so far, including two deaths. He said that that 2,800 health workers have been trained in Clinical Management training to deal with dengue cases.
Commenting on the detection of malaria cases, Dr Sawant said that last year, the number of malaria cases was 14,201, whereas this year till June end 9,378 cases were detected and no deaths have been reported so far.
Referring to the rise in cases of waterborne diseases like gastroenteritis, Dr Sawant said authorities have been asked to map drinking water sources. So far 31 cases of gastroenteritis, 25 cases of diarrhoea, nine cases of hepatitis and typhoid and five cases of cholera have been detected in the city.
Most of the cases of waterborne diseases have been detected from the BMC’s M and R civic wards. Dr Sawant said health officials have been asked to conduct surprise visits to hospitals in Mumbai to check for stocks of medicines and hygiene conditions.
