With the district seeing an increase in the number of persons with dengue, the office of the District Vector Borne Diseases Control here has instructed community health centres and taluk hospitals to provide mosquito mesh for windows as well as mosquito nets over all the beds in their units.
District Vector Borne Diseases Control Officer S. Chidambar told that as many as 14 nets have been supplied to each taluk hospital and health centre in the district.
He further added that five mosquito nets have been supplied to each primary health centre working round the clock.
Taluk hospitals and community health centres have been asked to make use of united funds and funds sanctioned under the National Health Mission to buy additional nets and window mesh, if needed, he said.
“They can also use the State grants to combat dengue,” he added. Similarly, private nursing homes and hospitals have also been instructed to compulsorily use mosquito nets and window mesh, he said.
Following complaints that private nursing homes and hospitals in the district were forcing patients to pay heft fee for dengue treatment, the district health office has warned them of disciplinary action, he said adding that the office has sent them a circular in this regard recently.
Three tests — NS-1, IgM and IgG — are done to confirm dengue in a person. The government has fixed an amount of Rs. 200 for any one of the above tests and Rs. 500 for all the three tests. Similarly, Rs. 850 can be charged for multi-donor platelet transfusion and Rs. 11,000 for single-donor platelet transfusion, Mr. Chidambar said.
District Health Officer Basavaraj had recently visited a diagnostic centre in Kuvempunagar and examined the records. After realising that the centre had collected excess amount from patients for conducting the tests, Mr. Basavaraj directed the centre to refund the excess amount to the patients, Mr. Chidambar added.
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