Aruanchal: Malaria posing major hurdle to health officials

Itanagar, July 2: Malaria has been posing a major challenge to health managers in the Arunachal Pradesh, chief medical official of Naharlogun General Hospital Dr Moji Jini said here today.

While participating in a continuing medical education(CME) on management of service malaria at Heema Hospital here last evening, Dr Jini stressed on proper diagnosis and treatment by the doctors to check the disease.

He admitted that lack of adequate infrastructure and laboratories in various parts of the state was proving to be the greatest drag in containing the menace. The private hospital could chip in to supplement efforts of the government hospitals and improve the health care delivery system in the state, he added.

Suggesting the doctors to update themselves with latest scientific development in the field, Dr Jini exhorted them to evolve a strategy to combat the disease. He also called for mass awareness in the malaria prone areas for the people to come forward for treatment.

Negating claims by health and family welfare department of no malaria related death till June 11 this year, the killer disease has claimed a few lives in the capital complex, including two confirmed deaths in the General Hospital, Joint Director Dr Kartik Nishing said during the launching of centrally-sponsored integrated disease surveillance project(IDSP). The disease had claimed 196 deaths recorded officially last year, he further informed.

UNI