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316 treated for acute diarrhoea
Special Correspondent
LISTING OUT THE STEPS: Local Administration Minister M.K. Stalin (second from right) at a review meeting that discussed acute diarrhoeal diseases at the Secretariat on Tuesday.
CHENNAI: So far, 316 persons have been treated for acute diarrhoeal diseases in the Communicable Diseases Hospital here, Local Administration Minister M.K. Stalin said on Tuesday.
Speaking to reporters after chairing a meeting of the Health and Local Administration departments here, he said 175 people were still undergoing treatment. No case of cholera was reported from anywhere in the State.
Mr. Stalin said the meeting discussed the preventive steps to be taken since the monsoon was active over large parts of the State.
The instances of acute diarrhoeal diseases were reported only from Chennai and areas adjoining Chennai in Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts. Asked why north Chennai suffered the most each time, Mr. Stalin said serious attention was being paid to the issue.
The incidence this year was 50 per cent less than last year, and the effort was on to wipe it out. The thrust was on preventing stagnation of water. Chlorination of drinking water was being increased and a close watch kept on meat stalls.
Asked if the CD hospital would be taken over by the Government to ensure better access to funds and facilities, the Minister said that there was no such move.
There was no dearth of funds for the hospital, he said. The Minister said all hotels and eateries would be instructed to serve boiled water since water was the main source of transmission of many bacteria.
If hotels did not follow the order, the Government would take action, he warned.
Health Minister KKSSR Ramachandran appealed to the people to approach government hospitals in case of acute diarrhoeal disease.
Chief Secretary L.K. Tripathy said all hospitals and clinics had been asked to report cases of acute diarrhoeal diseases.
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