The Hindu 09.06.2010
Fever: Corporation to organise clinics
Special Correspondent
Thiruvananthapuram: A meeting of medical officers convened by Mayor C.Jayan Babu here on Tuesday decided to organise mobile clinics and prevention camps to control the outbreak of fever in the Corporation limits.
Medical officers from allopathy, ayurveda, homoeo and siddha hospitals in the city said there was no abnormal increase in the number of patients turning up with symptoms of fever this monsoon.
Medicine stock
The meeting observed that all hospitals were equipped with adequate stock of medicines and other facilities to manage an epidemic outbreak.
A system would be put in place to inform the Corporation whenever patients with dengue fever, chikungunya or malaria reached a hospital. Corporation Secretary K.Biju said brochures would be distributed among the public as part of the fever prevention campaign.
Deputy Mayor V.Jayaprakash, chairman of the Health Standing Committee G.R. Anil, Deputy District Medical Officer Dr.Mema and Corporation Health Officer Dr.Sreekumar were among those who participated in the meeting.
