UP: Govt cancels all doctor's leave as dengue cases spike

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to cancel the leaves of all doctors and paramedical staff following a rise in dengue cases. The Chief Minister's Office has cancelled the leaves of doctors and paramedical staff.

Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak, on Wednesday, October 19, said that dengue cases are less than last year. He said that the increasing dengue cases are being controlled in Uttar Pradesh, and all measures are being taken to avoid the spread.

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"Cases less as compared to last year. Beds are reserved in hospitals, and preparations for enough platelets are being made. Leaves of all government doctors and health-related people have been cancelled," said Pathak.

Earlier on Friday, the Centre informed that it has decided to depute a high-level team to Uttar Pradesh in collaboration with the state authorities for instituting measures for dengue management in Firozabad, Agra, and Etawah districts.

"Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has decided to depute a high-level multi-disciplinary team to Uttar Pradesh to collaborate with the State Health Authorities in instituting public health measures for Dengue management in Firozabad, Agra, and Etawah districts," the ministry informed in a press statement.

As per the statement, the six-member central team to Uttar Pradesh comprises experts from National Centre for Disease Control, National Centre for Vector Borne Diseases Control, and Dr RML Hospital, New Delhi. The team will be headed by Dr VK Chaudhary, Senior RD, Regional Office of Health and Family Welfare, Lucknow.

The team shall work closely with the State Health Departments and take stock of the on-ground situation and recommend necessary public health interventions to manage the increasing cases of Dengue being reported by the State, it stated. 

The statement noted, "A multi-disciplinary team has been dispatched to Uttar Pradesh to collaborate with the State health authorities in instituting public health measures for dengue management in Firozabad, Agra and Etawah districts." Uttar Pradesh has so far reported 2060 cases this year, till the month of September. 

Meanwhile, amidst the growing dengue cases in the national capital, the Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported about the demand by the government to reserve 10-15 percent of beds in the Delhi hospitals for patients with Vector-borne diseases (VBD) in order to ensure that no patient is denied admission due to lack of beds. Delhi has been witnessing a rise in dengue cases, with 693 new dengue cases reported last month. 

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