VASCO: A demand for a special ward for dengue patients has been made by a Mormugao Municipal Council councillor with a Chicalim Sub District Hospital’s Health Officer assuring co-operation in this regard.
The recent detection of dengue cases in Mormugao has prompted MMC Councillor Prajay Mayekar to appeal to people not to take dengue disease lightly as it could at times prove fatal.
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Dr Anil Umraskar, Health Officer of Chicalim Sub District Hospital said the doctors will pay special attention to the dengue patients.
Mayekar urged the people to take utmost precautions to keep their surrounding clean and the water barrels covered properly to avoid any breeding of mosquitoes.
One may recall that annually the doctors’ team of National Vector Borne Disease programme works towards eradication, creating awareness and inspecting the vulnerable locations where the mosquito breeding takes place.
