Health Minister Veena George has appealed to the medical fraternity to ensure that the treatment protocol for the management of dengue fever is adhered to by all doctors in the public and private sectors.
At a meeting called by the Minister here on Wednesday, Ms. George appealed for joint and concerted efforts to tide over the epidemic situation. She appealed to all private hospitals to be part of the disease-prevention campaign of the Health department. Hospitals should not become disease transmission centres and that all hospitals should set aside a certain number of beds for patients with fever and other infectious diseases.
