Agartala: Summer diseases including malaria has taken a worst turn in remote hilly locations of Dhalai, Gomati and South Tripura districts in past fortnight and as many as five deaths were reported so far, alleged Tripura Pradesh Congress President Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl.
However, the state administration officially did not confirm any causality in seasonal disease or fever but admitted the serious outbreak of gastro-enteritis coupled with viral fever and malaria in different parts of the state.
According to report, in tribal dominated hamlets along Indo-Bangladesh border of south and Dhalai districts have fallen victim of summer diseases, as hundreds of patients are admitted in the hospitals.
“In most of the locations, state runs primary health centres paralysed in malfunction in absence of doctors and paramedical staff in both the districts,” alleged Mr Hrangkhawl adding that govt had opened health infrastructure with central fund but did not able to provide doctors and staff to run the hospitals. He said that the villagers often approached BSF for treatment but sometime BSF could not also help them because of inadequacy of resources.
Director of Health Service Dr S R Debbarma admitted the report of outbreak of malaria and viral fever in a few pockets and claimed that they had been organizing special medical camps in the locations besides; distribution of basic medical aides to primary health centers has been continued.
ASHA workers have been mobilized to spread basic health awareness among the villagers and DDT was being sprayed in the affected areas, he said adding despite arrival of monsoon in the state more than a month still the state was running under severe heat wave. (UNI)