UP CM Yogi Adityanath flags off 100 scooters given to ‘Sherni Dasta’

LUCKNOW/GORAKHPUR: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday laid stress on the need for having district-level micro plans to keep seasonal infectious diseases under control.
Reviewing the state's preparedness in the high burden Gorakhpur and Basti divisions to counter the annual threat of Japanese encephalitis (JE) and acute encephalitis syndrome (AES), the CM reminded that the challenge has doubled on account of the ongoing coronavirus epidemic.
“Past experience has proved that inter-departmental coordination played the most important role in controlling the wrath of AES, JE which has killed scores over years,” the CM stated directing officials to ensure that all stake-holder departments worked in sync.
Referring to the complexity of challenge posed by infectious diseases in 2020, he said: “The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has added to our challenge to beat the infectious diseases. It is important to formulate district-wise micro plans. In fact, the districts should also form a local Team-11 on the lines of the state-level Team-11.”
The CM instructed officials concerned to create awareness against JE/AES and Covid-19 and told them to ensure that the health infrastructure in paediatric intensive care units and hospitals in general should be in place. He told them to mobilize the 'nigrani' samitis and safai workers to keep risk factors under control.
The CM dedicated a BSL-2 lab at the regional medical research centre to the people besides inspecting a 100 bedded ward of BRD Medical College.
Prior to that, he took a look at the TB Survey Bus being rolled out by the state health department to undertake TB surveys and screen hidden cases.