The spike in the number of dengue and leptospirosis or rat fever cases in Kerala following the onset of the southwest monsoon has prompted the Health Department to take control measures in Coimbatore district.
P. Aruna, Deputy Director of Health Services, told The Hindu that the Department was monitoring whether dengue and leptospirosis cases were getting reported in hospitals in places bordering Kerala in the district.
“Mobile medical units of the Department are conducting fever camps in 12 blocks in the district on a regular basis to check whether there is a rise in the numbers of fever cases. Each team comprises a medical officer, nurse and a lab technician. The medical officer will give medicines for mild fever cases. Cases of severe fever are referred to government hospitals,” she said. The mobile medical unit is also equipped to collect samples for laboratory examination.
