WHO team visits flood affected areas in Darbhanga

DARBHANGA: India representative of World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Roderico H Ofrin, accompanied by regional officers Dr Subramanyam BP, regional team leader of Bihar and Jharkhand Dr Ujjwal Prasad, and deputy team leader of Patna Dr Vashaw Raj, on Tuesday visited the flood relief camp located at Sirina Bandh under Hanuman Nagar block of Darbhanga district and reviewed the flood relief work, Covid immunization and regular vaccination of children.
The team also visited Ammadih village and interacted with local representatives, Asha workers and villagers to assess the facilities being provided to the flood-affected people. Inspection of Aanganwadi centres was also done. The team was informed that all have been immunized with the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine.
The four-member team visited the health and wellness centre located at Manjholiya panchayat under Hayaghat block. For regular immunization, a cold chain centre has been set up there.
Later, the WHO team also visited the community health centre situated at Singhwara block. The ANMs narrated the team as to how details of critical pregnant women is being uploaded on Wonder mobile application after referring them to Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) and an alert is generated and their treatment takes place at the referred point.
The team also met Darbhanga DM Thyagrajan SM at his office and gave the feedback of their visit to the district. The team reportedly praised the district administration for its service provided to the people during the floods.