Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Friday directed all health facilities to ensure stocking of sufficient quantities of requisite drugs and diagnostic kits. He stressed that there should be adequate arrangement of patient beds, especially for dengue and chikungunya in hospitals.
The meeting on Friday started with a review of the 'action taken points' of the previous meeting, which was held on March 23 at Raj Niwas.
Delhi Health Secretary apprised the LG about the actions taken discussed in the previous meeting.
Baijal instructed all the stakeholders that there should be a 'multi-pronged holistic approach' for prevention and control of dengue, with inter-agency coordination.
"It is necessary to develop a broad-based stakeholder partnership for combating the vector-borne Diseases in Delhi. Regular meetings of district coordination committees to discuss various constraints and strategies regarding vector control should be done and measures should also be brought in public domain," said Baijal.
The LG instructed all stakeholders for enhanced surveillance and effective pre-emptive measures, particularly in the vulnerable areas identified.
He ordered regular visits by senior level supervisory officers to check vulnerable areas/sites.
He further stressed upon leveraging modern technological tools, such as WhatsApp groups, by senior supervisory officers and mobile apps so that real-time monitoring can be effective.
Baijal went on to lay emphasis on community outreach programmes for disseminating information on prevention and control activities.
He added that the community must be informed and educated about the schedule of visits of domestic breeding checkers in their respective areas and a system of robust feedback from the community must be developed.
Concerned agencies were asked to identify vulnerable colonies/areas and display notice boards/billboards at prominent places indicating telephone numbers of control room for feedback from general public.
In his concluding remarks, Baijal stated that he shall personally visit some vulnerable areas/sites to check the preparedness of Dengue/Chikungunya in Delhi.
He reiterated that prevention must remain the primary goal, and an effective awareness campaign to educate the public on small simple preventive measures can go a long way in combating these deadly diseases.