Begin typing your search above and press return to search.
proflie-avatar
Login
exit_to_app
Democracy that banks on the electorate
access_time 28 March 2024 5:34 AM GMT
Lessons to learn from Moscow terror attack
access_time 27 March 2024 6:10 AM GMT
Gaza
access_time 26 March 2024 4:34 AM GMT
The poison is not in words, but inside
access_time 25 March 2024 5:42 AM GMT
A witchhunt, plain and simple
access_time 23 March 2024 9:35 AM GMT
DEEP READ
Schools breeding hatred
access_time 14 Sep 2023 10:37 AM GMT
Ukraine
access_time 16 Aug 2023 5:46 AM GMT
Ramadan: Its essence and lessons
access_time 13 March 2024 9:24 AM GMT
When ‘Jai Sree Ram’ becomes a death call
access_time 15 Feb 2024 9:54 AM GMT
exit_to_app
Homechevron_rightKeralachevron_right62 deaths in State due...

62 deaths in State due to fever in last four months

text_fields
bookmark_border
62 deaths in State due to fever in last four months
cancel

Thiruvananthapuram: As many as 62 people died due to fever in the State in the last four months of which 24 lost their lives due to H1N1 influenza, State Health minister K K Shylaja informed the state Assembly Thursday.

She said though outbreak of different types of fever, including dengue and chicken pox besides H1N1, was reported across the state, the health department was well-equipped to contain it.

Replying to a notice for an adjournment motion by the opposition over the issue, the minister said climate changes and scarcity of pure drinking water were among the reasons for the outbreak of many diseases.

"Government hospitals are well-equipped to tackle the outbreak of any type of fever.Adequate amount of medicines are stocked in all state-run pharmacies," she said.

"This year, there is an increase in the outbreak of H1N1 in the southern states...and in Kerala also it has started spreading," she said.

Adequate number of doctors have been appointed from the primary health centres itself, the ministers said.

Multi-level meetings of officials of various departments had been conducted since January to evolve preventive and precautionary mechanisms to tackle the outbreak of dengue and other fevers, she said.

A total of Rs 73 lakh had been sanctioned by the health department in March to implement various preventive measures in this regard, the minister added.

Meanwhile, former Health minister V S Sivakumar (Congress), who moved the notice, said delay in taking precautionary measures and laxity by government had resulted in the spread of fever this year.

As many as 62 people had died due to various diseases in the state even before the onset of monsoon season, he said.

"Over seven lakh people sought treatment for fever in various government hospitals in the last four months. Seven out of eight people died this month due to H1N1," he said.

Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala blamed lack of coordination between departments and the absence of a scientific waste management system for the 'grave' situation.

Congress-led Opposition later staged a walkout after Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan disallowed their demand for discussion over the issue.

Show Full Article
Next Story