01 Oct 2023  |   01:21am IST

CALANGUTE PANCHAYAT URGES IMMEDIATE ACTION AS DENGUE CASES RISE, CRITICIZES HEALTH DEPT. & PHC

Team Herald

With dengue cases on the rise across the state, Calangute Sarpanch Joseph Sequeira, has claimed that the health department and the Public Health Centre have fallen short in their efforts to address the escalating dengue cases in Calangute.

He emphasized that the Panchayat has taken measures by conducting sample collections from the village's residents and providing them with free medication, which has resulted in financial expenditures.

He added that on Friday 453 people were tested for the disease, and alarmingly, 114 of them tested positive with the number of confirmed cases continuing to rise steadily. Sequiera has requested the health department to take cognizance of the matter with appropriate actions to curb the spread of the disease.