Bedi voices concern over dengue; P'cherry CM says 'under control'

Puducherry: Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi and Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Monday made separate visits to a government hospital here and interacted with patients suffering from dengue fever.

While the chief minister asserted that the situation was under control, Bedi said there was 700 per cent increase in the incidence of dengue since last year and pitched for a 'war' against the fever.

They made the remarks after visiting the Indira Gandhi Government General hospital and Research Institute separately within a gap of a few hours and interacting with the patients and officials.

Bedi had on Sunday expressed concern over the increase in incidence of dengue in the Union Territory.

Accompanied by Welfare Minister M Kandasamy, the chief minister also ascertained from authorities the scale of treatment available to the patients.

Narayanasamy later told reporters that patients from neighbouring districts of Tamil Nadu formed a majority of in-patients at the facility.

He said dengue fever was under control in Puducherry. Hours later, Bedi turned up at the hospital and interacted with the patients and enquired about the care available to them.