JAMSHEDPUR: Life is limping back to normal in most of the low-lying areas near Subarnarekha and Kharkai rivers in Jamshedpur.
Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC) brass is keeping a close vigil on these areas and has instructed the staff to start sprinkling bleaching powder as soon as water completely recedes from the areas to prevent any outbreak of disease.
After the heavy rainfall in this area, dam gates in Chandil and neighbouring Odisha were opened this weekend which led to the rise in water levels in both Kharkai and Subarnarekha rivers. The water from both the rivers flooded the low-lying areas in the city.
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Expecting to complete the expansion and installation work by July end, the health department is adding 350 critical care unit (CCU) beds and 500 plus oxygen-equipped beds (OEBs) to make sure proper treatment is administered to patients on time
JAMSHEDPUR: With the apparent arrest of the second wave of Covid-19, the East Singhbhum district health department is gearing up to put in place a robust medical infrastructure ahead of the potential third wave which is likely to hit around September-October, as indicated by experts.
Expecting to complete the expansion and installation work by July end, the health department is adding 350 critical care unit (CCU) beds and 500 plus oxygen-equipped beds (OEBs) to make sure proper treatment is administered to patients on time.
An incinerator became operational from Wednesday at the premises of Subernarekha burning ghaat in Bhuiyadhih.
A first of its kind in the state, the incinerator has been installed for disposing of the paraphernalia used for cremation rituals at the burning ghaat.
Constructed under the aegis of the civic body Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee, at a cost of Rs 15lakh from the MLA fund, it was inaugurated by Jamshedpur East legislator Sarayu Roy on Wednesday. Environment in and around the Subernarekha burning ghaat and the adjoining Subernarekha river will be free from the paraphernalia that is brought along a body. Similar incinerators should be set up in other burning ghaats too, said Roy.
Jamshedpur: Fearing a possible outbreak of vector-borne diseases during the monsoon season, the district health department has written to all the major hospitals and healthcare centres in East Singhbhum, asking them to keep all the necessary facilities ready for treating patients diagnosed with dengue, chikungunya, brain fever, malaria and diarrhoea.
“Rainfall and the resultant fluctuations in temperature lead to an outbreak of vector- borne diseases and that is why hospitals have been asked to keep all the necessary facilities ready. The hospitals have to share with us the data of people arriving with complaints of such diseases so that timely treatment can be provided to them,” additional chief medical officer Sahir Pall said.