Kerala to appoint more doctors, for Chickungunya

Pathanamthitta, May 27 (UNI) Kerala Transport Minister Mathew T Thomas today said that as part of chickungunya prevention drive, more doctors and health inspectors would be posted in this district on a temporary basis.

Talking to newspersons here, he said at the General Hospital here, an additional 13 doctors and 10 nurses would take charge soon.

A total of 100 doctors and 200 health inspectors would be recruited on a war-footing basis for Idukki, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta districts, he added.

An amount of Rs 20 lakh had been sanctioned by the government for Pathanamthitta, the worst affected district.

A team of doctors from medical colleges would tour the Chickungunya affected places. A round-the-clock control room had started operation at the general hospital here.

All panchayats were allotted Rs 2500 each for vector-control measures and Rs 5000 each would be spent on ward-level cleaning operation. The eastern hilly tract of the district where Chickungunya was rampant would receive special attention, he added.

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