Odisha: Alert over the health department about diarrhea outbreak in Jajpur, tighting efforts to preview

Bhubaneswar, June 11 (IANS). In light of the outbreak of diarrhea in the Jajpur district Odisha, the Department of Health and Family Welfare began a campaign with a war foot in the district on Wednesday. So far, three people have died of this disease. Ashwathi s, secretary of the health department, said: “After receiving reports of people affected by diarrhea from the Jajpur district, we formed a state-level multi-regional team of doctors, microbiologists, food safety inspectors and sent them to Jajpur. He further said that additional teams of doctors were sent to the district for the treatment of patients admitted to Jajpur District Headquarters Hospital and other peripheral hospitals. Neelanth Mishra, director of public health services, also reached Jajpur. They will, in collaboration with all parties involved, ensure coordinated efforts to control the outbreak of sudden diarrhea in different parts of the district. According to the official statement issued by the Department of Health, various teams are working in the particular and surrounding areas of Dharamshala, Vyasnagar Municipal Corporation, Danagadi, Rasulpur and Kori in the Jajpur district. The teams formed at state and district level are carefully monitoring the soil situation. Director of Public Health Services said rapid action is done by rapid action teams that exist at all patients and sporadic issues at the surrounding places. The state government advised people to take all precautions. He advised people to avoid eating outside food, drinking clean water and paying attention to cleanliness. According to the district administration, more than 200 patients have been admitted to different hospitals of the district over the past two days, while two people from the Jajpur district and one person from Anandpur in the Jajar district have died so far. -Ians PSK/DSC shares this story Tags