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Bindu Shajan Perappadan
NEW DELHI: : The country would never again be caught off guard with a deadly flu or rapidly multiplying virus. A first-of-its-kind scientific hi-tech alarm system has been set up in the Capital to alert the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of any possible outbreak of an epidemic anywhere in the country. This Central Surveillance Unit (CSU) will help the Government keep a tab on the nerve of the nation's health. And in the first phase of development of this central facility, the Union Health Ministry has initiated the process of toning up the medical laboratories, which is the first contact and data collection point for any patient across the country. Government laboratories of nine States would be evaluated and their services made uniform and connected to the CSU. The surveillance is currently being conducted by the Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) with help of the World Bank and would be evaluating and standardising laboratories in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Himachal Pradesh and Mizoram. Delhi and twelve other States are to be evaluated in the second phase of the surveillance process. "Under the project, we aim to look at the 2,200 primary, 3,500 community and 600 district level government establishments. What the government plans to do is to ask all the States to collect reliable, standardised data on ailments that are being reported and tested in their laboratories and then forward this information to the Central facility. Here it would be evaluated and trends noted down to alert the Centre on any possible outbreak from within the country or any foreign virus,'' said a senior official of the Union Health Ministry. Private laboratories, however, will not be a part of the project, for the time being."The survey being conducted currently will form the baseline for initiating a `foolproof' surveillance system in the country and is aimed at standardising laboratory tests and help keep good records,"
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