Patna. In Bihar, the number of corona infected is increasing continuously, meanwhile the health department is also worried about the possibility of flood due to monsoon rains. The government has planned to conduct health surveys in such potential areas before the floods, so that the problems during the floods can be reduced. An official of the health department said that the health department has instructed the doctors in charge of all first aid centers to collect samples for corona examination of elderly, children, pregnant women and PwDs.
In the instructions, health workers have been asked to collect their details. Health survey of children, elderly, pregnant women and PwDs should be conducted in the houses affected by the floods, as well as in other houses coming in contact with them. During this time, the health worker will screen the people who are feeling fever, cold, cough and trouble in breathing and will inform the hospital in-charge every day.
Teams of doctors and lab technicians will collect the corona of the identified elderly, children, pregnant women and PwD for examination and send it to the testing centers. All these works will be done before the floods, so that the patients do not have to suffer during the floods.
Bihar Health Secretary Lokesh Kumar Singh said that Karona is being investigated by the department under a special strategy. He said that maximum sample collection has been asked at the level, so that infection can be identified. He informed that more and more contact tracing is being done to identify the infection. All necessary steps are being taken towards ensuring proper treatment of persons with symptoms of corona infection.
The Health Department has directed the civil surgeons of all the districts of the state to conduct a special survey on corona investigation in the areas affected by the floods. It has been said that the health of children, elderly, pregnant women and persons with disabilities will be investigated in the homes of migrants coming from other states in flood prone areas. A list will be made for this first. Thereafter, the corona examination of the marked persons will be done.
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