Outstation doctors return, focus on Majhgavan block

BAREILLY: A team of doctors which had been camping in Bareilly to keep a check on rising cases of malaria has been sent back. As many as 21 doctors and four lab technicians were sent to Bareilly for treatment of patients suffering from fever, malaria and other vector-borne diseases. While no fresh death has been reported in the past few days, 8,468 cases of plasmodium falciparum (PF) and 15,663 cases of plasmodium vivax (PV) malaria have been reported so far.
According to officials, 13 doctors from states, four from Centre and four from Moradabad division were roped in to contain fever deaths in Bareilly. The health department has also been taking help from ayurvedic and unani doctors, along with staff of three private medical colleges in Bareilly.
Dr Vineet Shukla, chief medical officer of Bareilly, said, “Though the cases of malaria are being reported, there has been improvement in the severity of the disease. The doctors and lab technicians who were sent to Bareilly to assist us have now returned to their respective centres. Besides, we will soon relieve private doctors who have been working with us. The doctors deployed in Bareilly are visiting the affected villages for diagnosis and treatment. They will continue to do so till the situation is fully controlled.”
Meanwhile, the maximum number of cases continues to be reported from Majhgavan block alone and hence the health department has been sending medical teams to the block. On Tuesday, 21 cases of PF and one case of PV were detected. “As the incubation fever of malaria is of 10 to 15 days following the mosquito bite, fresh cases are still being reported. Apart from fogging, we have been conducting indoor spraying,” added the CMO.
“The lifespan of a mosquito is considered to be 28 to 32 days. If no fresh PF case is reported from a given area in the next 32 days, it will be assumed that the area has no mosquito with PF parasite,” said an official.