The Health department, which is monitoring the flood situation in the State, has announced the establishment of a war room that will function round the clock. The helpline numbers are 90302-27324 and 040-24651119.
Health teams in eight districts, which have been experiencing incessant rain over the past one week, have been offering medical services to people in and around submerged localities. The eight districts include Adilabad, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Jayashankar Bhupalapally, Kumaram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Mulugu, Nirmal and Peddapalli.
Medical camps are being held to attend to the needy. A total of 24,674 persons have been treated since Saturday and of those, 25 were referred to higher health facilities. The maximum number of camps have been set up in Bhadradri Kothagudem.
