GHMC Commissioner M T Krishna Babu, on Wednesday, inspected Narmada Hospital at Gandhinagar, to enquire into the prevalence of dengue and other viral fevers.
The GHMC Commissioner was informed by the officials that four cases of Dengue were admitted in the hospital. Of these cases, two admitted with suspected dengue infection were found to be reactive for NS1 antigen, and the remaining two were diagnosed as viral fevers.
According to the officials, all four cases are recovering, and instructions have been issued to take up household-level activities to control the mosquito menace.
Krishna Babu instructed officials to liaison with the institute of Preventive Medicine at Narayanaguda and see that dengue confirmation blood tests are done for the samples sent from all types of hospitals.
Instruction were also issued to the GHMC's Chief Entomologist to focus on the affected localities and to carry out intensive, anti-larval operations, indoor residual spray and fogging regularly. (INN)
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