The Hindu 05.10.2010
VMC plans to set up diagnostic centre
Staff Reporter
VIJAYAWADA: Even as there is a lot of hue and cry in the city over dengue and viral fevers, the records of the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) say that only one suspected dengue case has been identified in the medical camps conducted for a month.
The corporation conducted three mega medical camps -- one in each circle -- and 32 localised camps, in which a significant incidence of viral fevers was reported.
But addressing a press conference on Monday, Municipal Commissioner G. Ravi Babu said that a dengue suspected case was reported in the medical camps conducted by the corporation.
Without going into the details of the cases reported in the last four months, he said that about 23 suspected cases were reported in the city in the last couple of days.
The VMC was conducting a survey on viral fevers in the city. So far, 94,490 houses were covered, and it was found that 31 and 56 people suffered from PV and PF malaria, respectively. And, to control malaria and other vector-borne diseases, spraying operations were taken up. About 15,000 houses were covered so far.
Mr. Ravi Babu said that the corporation was toying with the idea of establishing a diagnostic centre in association with voluntary organisations in view of the recent findings that many laboratories were ill-equipped in the city.
