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Dengue menace continues to rattle Delhi with a six-year-old boy and a woman succumbing to the vector-borne disease, raising the toll to 11 on Tuesday, September 15.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said his government was mulling bringing a law to enable temporary takeover of private hospitals during emergencies.
As hospitals across Delhi continued to be inundated with dengue patients, the Delhi Cabinet held an emergency meeting which reviewed the deteriorating situation. It also explored various options to ensure that private hospitals do not refuse to admit dengue patients.
The AAP government also announced 1031 as dengue helpline and asked private hospitals to increase number of beds.
Key factsDengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection.Dengue virus is transmitted by female mosquitoes mainly of the species Aedes aegypti and, to a lesser extent, A. albopictus. The infection causes flu-like illness, and occasionally develops into a potentially lethal complication called severe dengue. About half of the world's population is now at risk. There is no specific treatment for dengue/ severe dengue, but early detection and access to proper medical care lowers fatality rates below 1%. Dengue prevention and control solely depends on effective vector control measures. |
Delhi Government warns hospitalsDelhi government directed all the schools to ensure that children came to school dressed in full sleeves shirts, trousers and salwar kameez for the next one month as a preventive measure to avoid mosquito bites."We are planning to come out with a law so that hospitals refusing treatment to an emergency patient can be penalised," said Kejriwal. The Cabinet decided that various options to penalise private hospitals will be finalised very soon. "To bring a new law, government may call a Special Session so that patients don't have to face problems during medical crises caused by dengue and other diseases. A final decision will be taken within two or three days," an official said. The Delhi government will also soon launch an SMS awareness campaign for dengue, the official said. The Chief Minister's Office said the cabinet stressed the need for ensuring accountability of private hospitals and felt the need to introduce an effective system of patient care. "The cabinet reviewed the preparation to deal with the dengue situation in the national capital and decided to intensify the awareness campaign to prevent any panic which is leading to unnecessary rush in hospitals across Delhi," it said. Separately, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain summoned administrators of all private hospitals and nursing homes in the city and asked them to ensure treatment to all dengue patients. The Union Health Ministry also asked Delhi government to take strict action against hospitals refusing dengue patients and directed it to rein in private facilities overcharging them. As the opposition parties stepped up pressure on the Delhi government over the dengue outbreak, Delhi government ordered a magisterial inquiry into the death of Avinash Rout. The Chief Minister appealed to people to donate blood so that adequate quantity of platelets could be made available. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia conducted surprise inspection of various schools along with Environment Minister Asim Ahmed Khan to see whether authorities are taking precaution to curb breeding of dengue causing mosquito. "Parents should send their children to schools only in clothes of full sleeves and the government will ensure that the uniform colour does not create any problem to the children," said Sisodia. He also directed health authorities to issue challans to schools where mosquito breeding or water-logged areas were found. |
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