Taking note of a few vomiting and diarrhoea cases reported in Koppal district, Deputy Commissioner M. Sundaresh Babu chaired a meeting of senior district and taluk level officers in the Department of Health and Family Welfare at his office in Koppal on Tuesday and gave strict directions to them to ensure the supply of clean drinking water.
He also told them to keep ambulances ready at key locations so that they can be sent to the villages in case of vomiting and diarrhoea reported from there.
“ASHAs [Accredited Social Health Activists] should visit every household in every village and see if anybody is suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea. They should pass on the message to the senior officers or make arrangements to shift the patients to the nearest health centre. The officers concerned should immediately visit such village and take further action. The local level health activists need to sensitise the people on the importance of drinking safe and clean water, preferably boiled water,” Mr. Babu said.
