Impact of dengue on decline trend in Barbil

The six-member central team visiting the worst dengue-hit Barbil area of Keonjhar district in Odisha, today said the impact of the disease was declining due to rise in awareness level among the people.
"There has been no rise in the incidence of dengue in Barbil. It is actually on a decline. Since the awareness level among the community on dengue has gone up, more people are coming to the hospital for check-up," Dr Gagan Singh Sonal, the head of the Central team, said.
Sonal also praised the measures taken by the district administration immediately after outbreak of the dengue which had assumed the proportions of an epidemic.

He said the disease now appeared to be under control.
After visiting several warsd in Barbil CHC, Dr Sonal advocated the community should strictly follow the instructions and guidelines given by the doctors and the Health department on preventive measures like not allowing water to stagnate for a long time at a particular place, which becomes the breeding place for the Aedes mosquito.
Out of 2494 blood sample tests conducted at the Barbil Community Health Centre (CHC) so far, 739 have tested positive.

Meanwhile, a report from Cuttack said there is a steady rise in the number of dengue patients with more than 150 admitted to the dengue ward in the SCB Medical College and Hospital.

SCB Medical and Hospital Emergency Officer Dr B Maharana said till date, 157 patients have been admitted in the hospital of which 125 are male and 32 female.
Out of 157 patients, 10 have been admitted in the ICU of which six patients are from Cuttack, two from Jajpur and one each from Kendrapara and Puri districts.
Of the 157 patients presently admitted at SCB Medical College and Hospital, the highest number of 87 patients are from Cuttack followed by 22 from Keonjhar, 15 from Kendrapara, 9 from Jajpur, 6 from Jagatsinghpur, 4 from Dhenkanal, 3 each from Nayagarh and Mayurbhanj, 2 from Bhadrak, 1 each from Balasore, Rayagada, Puri and Medinipur district of West Bengal, he said.

Dr Moharana said of total of 328 dengue patients so far admitted at the medical college hospital, 169 have been discharged.