Millions affected viral fever in Kerala; Several dead
Kottayam (Kerala, India), SVM News, June 10, 2007: According the official reports, about 800,000 people in Kerala have been affected by viral fever and undergoing treatment in different government and private hospitals in the last three week till yesterday. The unofficial report says more than three million people affected by viral fever.
Thousands upon thousands have been identified with mosquito-borne chikungunya fever. Denki fever, rat fever and Malaria also found.
Reports from Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki and Ernakulam districts indicate that around 100 people have died due to high fever in the last three weeks.
Government was fighting hard to contain the spread of the epidemic in the State, V S Achuthanandan, Chief Minister of Kerala said.
With the viral fever spreading throughout the State and increase in number of cases each day, a cleanliness drive would be organised in the State for a week from June 12 to contain the spread of the epidemic. The Defence, police and various NGOs would be part of the drive, Mr Achuthanandan said.
Kerala's central districts like Kottayam, Pathanamthitta and Idukki were among the worst affected, accounting for nearly two third of the affected.
Following the request from the Health Minister P K Sreemathi, Union Defence Minister A K Antony has urged the Army, Navy and Military forces to give full support to the state government in the fever containment measures.
The Southern Naval Command deputes medical teams to assist the authorities including doctors and para-medical staff, fully equipped with required medicines and medical equipment to treat the patients. And also an expert team from the Defence comprising doctors and paramedical staff from Pune Armed Forces Hospital reached to help the state government in containing the spreading of viral fever and chikungunya.
The expert teams from Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram visiting the fever-affected areas of Kottayam, Pathanamthitta and Idukki.
Meanwhile, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramdoss will send the Director General of Health to the state to assess the situation.
It has asked private hospitals to open special wards for patients suffering from fever and to submit a list of the number of patients arriving for treatment.
Free ration would be supplied for a month in the affected regions adding that the Government was also considering payment of relief for the relatives of the dead, Chief Minister said.
All political parties in the State promised their active involvement in the cleanliness drive when Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan called the leaders for an all-party meeting here on Saturday to discuss the measures required to handle the crisis.
The affected people came mostly from the weaker sections of society.
Viral fever severely affected several mission stations of Salem Voice Ministries and hundreds of it's members admitted in different hospitals. "We pray and give top priority for the cleanliness drive to prevent the spread of the disease to new areas," Rev. Paul Ciniraj, the Director of the Salem Voice Ministries and the national president of the Christian Ministers of the Churches of India (CMCI) said.
"Please pray for our people. They face Christian persecution in one side, and another side poverty and congagious diseases," Paul Ciniraj said.
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Thousands upon thousands have been identified with mosquito-borne chikungunya fever. Denki fever, rat fever and Malaria also found.
Reports from Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki and Ernakulam districts indicate that around 100 people have died due to high fever in the last three weeks.
Government was fighting hard to contain the spread of the epidemic in the State, V S Achuthanandan, Chief Minister of Kerala said.
With the viral fever spreading throughout the State and increase in number of cases each day, a cleanliness drive would be organised in the State for a week from June 12 to contain the spread of the epidemic. The Defence, police and various NGOs would be part of the drive, Mr Achuthanandan said.
Kerala's central districts like Kottayam, Pathanamthitta and Idukki were among the worst affected, accounting for nearly two third of the affected.
Following the request from the Health Minister P K Sreemathi, Union Defence Minister A K Antony has urged the Army, Navy and Military forces to give full support to the state government in the fever containment measures.
The Southern Naval Command deputes medical teams to assist the authorities including doctors and para-medical staff, fully equipped with required medicines and medical equipment to treat the patients. And also an expert team from the Defence comprising doctors and paramedical staff from Pune Armed Forces Hospital reached to help the state government in containing the spreading of viral fever and chikungunya.
The expert teams from Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram visiting the fever-affected areas of Kottayam, Pathanamthitta and Idukki.
Meanwhile, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramdoss will send the Director General of Health to the state to assess the situation.
It has asked private hospitals to open special wards for patients suffering from fever and to submit a list of the number of patients arriving for treatment.
Free ration would be supplied for a month in the affected regions adding that the Government was also considering payment of relief for the relatives of the dead, Chief Minister said.
All political parties in the State promised their active involvement in the cleanliness drive when Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan called the leaders for an all-party meeting here on Saturday to discuss the measures required to handle the crisis.
The affected people came mostly from the weaker sections of society.
Viral fever severely affected several mission stations of Salem Voice Ministries and hundreds of it's members admitted in different hospitals. "We pray and give top priority for the cleanliness drive to prevent the spread of the disease to new areas," Rev. Paul Ciniraj, the Director of the Salem Voice Ministries and the national president of the Christian Ministers of the Churches of India (CMCI) said.
"Please pray for our people. They face Christian persecution in one side, and another side poverty and congagious diseases," Paul Ciniraj said.
News at the SVM site: http://salemvoice.org/news173.html
SALEM VOICE MINISTRIES NEWS SERVICE (SVM NEWS)
Web: http://salemvoice.org Contact: ciniraj@asianetindia.com
News items and headlines: http://salemvoice.org/news.html
Center for Persecuted Christians: http://salemvoice.org/center4persecuted.html
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