The instructions were issued at a review meeting on dengue and other fevers in the city on Thursday, chaired by GCC Commissioner G.S. Sameeran.
According to a press release, Mr. Sameeran reviewed the incidence of dengue and other fevers during August and September with zonal health officers, health inspectors and mosquito-control workers. He instructed health inspectors in areas reporting fever cases to intensify mosquito-control work and closely review the work of field staff, the release said.
The DBC workers should attend the gate meeting at 7 a.m. and proceed to their allotted locations with the materials required for field work. They should inspect houses for mosquito breeding, including water tanks, wells, cement tanks, vessels, refrigerators, air-conditioner water trays, and plastic drums, and remove stagnant water.
DBC workers were also instructed to inspect parks, restaurants, theatres and commercial establishments, besides schools, colleges, hostels, construction sites, hospitals, factories and other institutions, for mosquito breeding sources.
Details of breeding sites found and action taken should be recorded, and houses where breeding was found should be monitored, the release mentioned.
Health inspectors were instructed to investigate the homes of fever patients identified at government, GCC and private hospitals and laboratories. They were also asked to review fogging and spraying operations, maintain records, and conduct awareness programmes in schools and fever-affected areas. Patients who had recovered and returned home were to be monitored, the release stated.
The release said the public should remove unused tyres, coconut shells, broken vessels and cement tanks where rainwater could stagnate. Wells and water tanks should be covered to prevent mosquitoes and larvae from entering. Water accumulated in flowerpot saucers, refrigerator trays and money plants should be removed once a week, it added.
