Coimbatore: An afternoon after Tirupur collector K S Palanisamy blamed the federal government medical doctors and sanitary employees for the unfold of dengue virus within the district, the latter on Saturday staged a protest in entrance of the collectorate there, announcing the district management was once blaming them unnecessarily as a substitute of constructing awareness a number of the public on sanitation and hygiene.
During a dengue overview meeting held on the Tirupur collectorate on Friday, Palaniswamy had mentioned the unchecked unfold of dengue virus within the district was once a results of dereliction of duty at the a part of medical doctors and sanitary employees. "Dengue had spread to this extent because the government doctors are not doing their job to their full potential or properly," he had mentioned.
Tirupur, a dengue hotspot as according to the federal government records, were for long below pressure to carry the unfold of the mosquito-borne virus below regulate.
The protesters, comprising government clinic medical doctors, Tirupur government workers' union participants and well being inspectors, mentioned they'd been doing their highest to curb the unfold of the fatal fever within the district. "We have been regularly conducting camps across the district to diagnose fever cases at an early stage and refer them to hospitals. We have also set up an outpatient centre at the hospital and other health centres, despite the shortage of doctors," they mentioned.
The well being inspectors mentioned they too were getting rid of inspections at residential areas and different dengue prevention actions on a regular basis. "Instead of working to create awareness among the public on sanitation and hygiene and ways to keep mosquitoes away, the district administration is blaming us for the spread of dengue. It is unfair," mentioned a protesting doctor.
Pointing out that dengue can't be fought by way of medical doctors alone or a single department, a central authority doctor, who didn't wish to be named, mentioned, "It has to be a collective effort by the health department, block development officers and sanitary workers, etc. For the past two months, we have been working round-the-clock to treat dengue patients, sacrificing our weekly off. But the collector squarely blamed the health department. The real issue is lack of awareness, and shortage of health inspectors and sanitary workers."
During a dengue overview meeting held on the Tirupur collectorate on Friday, Palaniswamy had mentioned the unchecked unfold of dengue virus within the district was once a results of dereliction of duty at the a part of medical doctors and sanitary employees. "Dengue had spread to this extent because the government doctors are not doing their job to their full potential or properly," he had mentioned.
Tirupur, a dengue hotspot as according to the federal government records, were for long below pressure to carry the unfold of the mosquito-borne virus below regulate.
The protesters, comprising government clinic medical doctors, Tirupur government workers' union participants and well being inspectors, mentioned they'd been doing their highest to curb the unfold of the fatal fever within the district. "We have been regularly conducting camps across the district to diagnose fever cases at an early stage and refer them to hospitals. We have also set up an outpatient centre at the hospital and other health centres, despite the shortage of doctors," they mentioned.
The well being inspectors mentioned they too were getting rid of inspections at residential areas and different dengue prevention actions on a regular basis. "Instead of working to create awareness among the public on sanitation and hygiene and ways to keep mosquitoes away, the district administration is blaming us for the spread of dengue. It is unfair," mentioned a protesting doctor.
Pointing out that dengue can't be fought by way of medical doctors alone or a single department, a central authority doctor, who didn't wish to be named, mentioned, "It has to be a collective effort by the health department, block development officers and sanitary workers, etc. For the past two months, we have been working round-the-clock to treat dengue patients, sacrificing our weekly off. But the collector squarely blamed the health department. The real issue is lack of awareness, and shortage of health inspectors and sanitary workers."
Blamed for dengue spread, docs protest
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