Place earlier than us motion plan to curb vector-borne illnesses: Allahabad HC asks UP govt

By PTI

LUCKNOW: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday directed the Uttar Pradesh authorities to position earlier than it the motion plan to curb the menace of vector-borne illnesses within the metropolis.

It expressed deep anguish over the poor dealing with of sufferers affected by vector-borne illnesses like dengue, chikungunya and viral fever in government-run hospitals within the state capital.

The Lucknow bench of the excessive court docket was particularly involved in regards to the alleged lack of beds in authorities hospitals for treating such sufferers.

It additionally pulled up Municipal Corporation for its failure to manage the unfold of dengue attributable to poor sanitation and fogging.

The HC additionally commented on the media that it was under-reporting the dengue menace that has caught each different household within the metropolis.

The bench of justices D Okay Upadhyay and Saurabh Srivastava directed the extra chief secretaries of medical and well being providers in addition to the medical training division, the municipal commissioner and different departments involved to put earlier than it the steps that are required to be taken to examine the already widespread menace brought on by vector-borne illnesses within the metropolis.

The bench has mounted the following listening to on Friday.

“The counsel representing state, municipal corporation and other concerned departments shall be appropriately briefed as to what effective steps are being taken or have been taken by the state authorities and the Municipal authorities not only for prevention of the spread of such vector borne diseases but also for providing adequate medical facilities to the patients suffering from such diseases,” the bench mentioned.

Hearing a PIL on the difficulty, the bench additional expressed concern with authorities authorities on the costs of bar affiliation members who alleged that the federal government and civil equipment had been torpid in coping with the scenario whereas the situation is so grim even within the state-run hospitals that it’s troublesome, slightly virtually unattainable, to get an applicable hospital mattress if an individual wants the identical.

The bench additionally directed the central authorities counsel to hunt full directions from the best authority of CGHS and Railway Hospital Administration in Lucknow as to the measures being taken by these authorities for the therapy of the sufferers who’ve been contracting vector-borne illnesses.

LUCKNOW: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday directed the Uttar Pradesh authorities to position earlier than it the motion plan to curb the menace of vector-borne illnesses within the metropolis.

It expressed deep anguish over the poor dealing with of sufferers affected by vector-borne illnesses like dengue, chikungunya and viral fever in government-run hospitals within the state capital.

The Lucknow bench of the excessive court docket was particularly involved in regards to the alleged lack of beds in authorities hospitals for treating such sufferers.

It additionally pulled up Municipal Corporation for its failure to manage the unfold of dengue attributable to poor sanitation and fogging.

The HC additionally commented on the media that it was under-reporting the dengue menace that has caught each different household within the metropolis.

The bench of justices D Okay Upadhyay and Saurabh Srivastava directed the extra chief secretaries of medical and well being providers in addition to the medical training division, the municipal commissioner and different departments involved to put earlier than it the steps that are required to be taken to examine the already widespread menace brought on by vector-borne illnesses within the metropolis.

The bench has mounted the following listening to on Friday.

“The counsel representing state, municipal corporation and other concerned departments shall be appropriately briefed as to what effective steps are being taken or have been taken by the state authorities and the Municipal authorities not only for prevention of the spread of such vector borne diseases but also for providing adequate medical facilities to the patients suffering from such diseases,” the bench mentioned.

Hearing a PIL on the difficulty, the bench additional expressed concern with authorities authorities on the costs of bar affiliation members who alleged that the federal government and civil equipment had been torpid in coping with the scenario whereas the situation is so grim even within the state-run hospitals that it’s troublesome, slightly virtually unattainable, to get an applicable hospital mattress if an individual wants the identical.

The bench additionally directed the central authorities counsel to hunt full directions from the best authority of CGHS and Railway Hospital Administration in Lucknow as to the measures being taken by these authorities for the therapy of the sufferers who’ve been contracting vector-borne illnesses.