‘No dengue, malaria patient being treated at Purnia hospital’

PURNIA: No new dengue or malaria patient has been admitted to the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in Purnia for treatment in the last 20 days.
Civil surgeon, Dr S K Verma, told this newspaper on Monday, “Five dengue and five malaria patients were undergoing treatment at the GMCH a month ago. However, there are no such patients at the hospital now.”
Talking about the Covid-19 scenario in the district, Dr Verma claimed that no positive cases had been registered at the GMCH in the last several months.“There are Covid testing facilities at different places in the district,” he said, adding that a special vaccination drive would be organised on Tuesday.
As many as 16,58,369 (76%) and 7,99,314 (48%) people have received the first and second doses of Covid vaccines respectively in the district.