New Delhi, October 1
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) today booked eight city hospitals for not maintaining cleanliness in the midst of a dengue outbreak in the capital that has claimed 11 lives.
Eight hospitals, including private and government hospitals, were issued challans today as they had not taken enough measures to keep their immediate environment clean, Municipal Health Officer N.K. Yadav said. The MCD had earlier issued notices to nine hospitals.
“We have also started random checks of homes, offices and places where there could be stagnant water breeding mosquitoes. We are spraying anti-mosquito drugs,” Mr Yadav said.
The civic body stepped up its sanitation drive especially in hospitals and will be deploying an additional 2,400 personnel to carry out fumigation and fogging drives on a war footing.
“Since October and November are the most dangerous months for breeding of mosquitoes, we have appealed to citizens to be on alert,” Mr Yadav said.
The authorities have also issued a “verbal order” to employees of all MCD departments to report for work tomorrow, even though it is a public holiday due to Gandhi Jayanti.
“In view of the serious situation, we have asked our employees to be present at work and no one is going to get leave,” MCD house leader Jitender Kochar said.
Meanwhile, Director-General Health Services R.K. Srivastava has called a meeting on October 3 with MCD and NDMC to assess the situation
arising from the outbreak.
Meanwhile, at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), where a student died yesterday due to the viral fever, of the 35 dengue patients admitted are 18 resident doctors, students and nurses from the institute.
