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Andhra Pradesh
By Our Staff Reporter
In a bulletin issued by the department, Dr. Rao said two cases from Warangal and one case each from Karimnagar, Nizamabad and Adilabad districts were reported. He claimed that the incidence of viral encephalitis was "gradually declining'' because of the Government's effort. According to the bulletin, as on July 17, Karimnagar with 69 cases accounted for 45 deaths. In Warangal there were 84 cases and 41 deaths and in Nizamabad 16 cases and ten deaths. Details of other districts were: Adilabad 13 cases, three deaths, Krishna 11 cases, three deaths, Nellore seven cases, three deaths, Medak four cases, four deaths, Nalgonda seven cases, six deaths and Mahbubnagar six cases, four deaths. As many six lakh chlorine tablets in Karimnagar district and 1.5 lakh tablets in Nalgonda district have been distributed. Over 1,540 water sources were chlorinated in Warangal district, according to the bulletin. Our Khammam Staff Reporter writes: The Minister also paid a surprise visit to some of the residential localities in the coal town and took stock of implementation of the intensive sanitation campaign. Talking to mediapersons, Dr. Rao said that the death of children could not be attributed to encephalitis. They owed mainly to malnutrition which rendered the children vulnerable to seasonal diseases. The severity of diseases had come down sufficiently if the reports from the districts were of any indication. Despite the improvement in the situation, there was no room for complacency. He said efforts were being made to step up sanitation in all the villages. He said people as well as elected representatives should involve themselves in the implementation of the programme. He said experts from Bangalore and New Delhi would study the conditions and analyse the causes of the disease. The disease was yet to be established at the laboratory level. He said there was nothing to blame the doctors who were giving out their best to save people.
The Minister visited the Government hospital at Kothagudem and interacted with patients on the facilities available
The Minister for Roads and Building, Tummala Nageswar Rao, who also visited the residential localities, said that the administration would concentrate throughout the rainy season mainly on sanitation and drinking water.
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