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BMC to monitor anti-relapse malaria therapy

Thursday, 26 August 2010 11:32 administrator
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The Times of India  26.08.2010

BMC to monitor anti-relapse malaria therapy

MUMBAI: Keeping the increasing number of relapses among malaria patients in mind, the BMC has decided to monitor the anti-relapse therapy (Radical Treatment) for all malaria patients in the city.

Radical Treatment, which is given after the patient has tested positive for malaria, ensures that the patient will not get a relapse, says Dr Hemant Thacker, who is a consultant at many private hospitals. "When a patient gets malaria, the parasites get stored in the system. So even if the patient stops having malarial symptoms, s/he can get a relapse after some days,'' said Thacker.

In order to avoid a relapse, vivax patients are given a five-day and those suffering from falciparum are given a 14-day primaquine dose along with chloroquine, said a civic official. The primaquine treatment has not been practised properly, which in turn has given rise to a number of relapse cases.

"We have found that the Radical Treatment is not being monitored properly. So, we have decided to implement proper ward-wise monitoring of this treatment,'' said additional municipal commissioner, Manisha Mhaiskar.

Last Updated on Thursday, 26 August 2010 11:33
 

State Government to initiate sanitation programmes in Puri

Thursday, 26 August 2010 09:35 administrator
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The Pioneer  26.08.2010

State Government to initiate sanitation programmes in Puri

PNS | Bhubaneswar

The State Government has decided to initiate a project of Rs 26 to 36 crore under which it will adopt new systems to filter drain water of Puri. In order to make the city clean and beautiful, the Government has decided to take up various sanitary programmes soon.

The decisions were taken in a meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat.

In the meeting, the Government decided to take up two new systems — Activated Sludge Process and Aerated Lagoon System — for filtering drain water at Banki Mouth. After filtering the drain water at the mouth, it would be ejected to the sea, a resolution issued from the Chief Minister’s Office said.

Besides, two separate projects have been taken up for treatment of drain water (sewerage system) and rain water (drainage system) in the city. Construction of a drain project from Sata Lahadi Math to Chaitanya Math is going also on and would be completed soon. Similarly, road side shops have been lifted from Digabarini to Swarga Dwar. A special squad has been constituted to check the cleaning of sea-shore sands.

Among others, ADC RN Senapaty, Principal Secretary to CM BK Patnaik and Urban Development Secretary AK Panda were present.

Last Updated on Thursday, 26 August 2010 09:38
 

Garbage woes of Island South

Thursday, 26 August 2010 07:41 administrator
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The New Indian Express  26.08.2010

Garbage woes of Island South

KOCHI: Island South is one of the smallest divisions under the Corporation. The division is in the general category this time as well.  Councillor N Venugopal says that emphasis has been given to development  projects to improve the standard of living of the people. “Many activities have been carried out with the intention of solving specific problems. Besides installing SV lamps as street lights across the division, repairing and developing pocket roads and covering the drains with slabs, the division fund was utilised for solving some problems that have been plaguing the area for a long time now. A new public well was dug and is being properly maintained so that whenever the water supply to the area falls short, residents get water from the well. Many public taps were installed by utilising the Corporation’s general fund.” The councillor claims that the electricity problem in the area was solved by installing two new transformers. He says that 65 houses were sanctioned under the Basic Service to the Urban Poor (BSUP) scheme. Sanitation was improved by sanctioning around 190 individual toilets to the houses in the division.

“A new open park in the area was developed using the People’s Planning fund and the division fund. It has given a facelift to the division. Tiles will be laid in the park soon. A homoeo dispensary was built in the division using Corporation’s general fund. ` 30 lakh has been sanctioned under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and the Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project (KSUDP). A community hall, homoeo dispensary and an Anganwadi will be built with the money.” Venugopal adds that a crematorium is also in the pipeline. This will be built using the division fund.

Besides developing pocket roads using the division fund and the People’s Plan fund, a new road is being developed using the Corporation’s  general fund. The residents at Island South are worried about the poor sanitation facilities in the area. There is also the problem of waste management. Residents fear that over time, there might be ground water contamination due to these problems. The residents are also concerned about their security due to the presence of a large number of migrant labourers in the division.

Last Updated on Thursday, 26 August 2010 07:43
 
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