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Malaria death toll reaches 16 in Kanpur

Kanpur: As the toll increased to 16 due to Malaria out-break in around 150 villages of Kanpur, the health department on Tuesday suspended 36 staff and initiated departmental inquiry against 24 others, including four doctors for their ‘carelessness’.

The State Government has also called an emergency meeting of chief medical officers from 14 districts to discuss strategies to fight the disease. Twenty-five Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs) and 11 clerks of revenue department have been suspended for not giving timely intimation to the district administration about the out-break of Malaria, Additional District Magistrate of Kanpur A.N. Upadhyay said here.

Departmental inquiry has been initiated against Dr. Anil Varma, Dr. Deepak Awasthi, Dr. R.N. Singh and Dr. Vinod Katiar apart from 20 ANMs, Mr. Upadhyay said adding, letters have also been issued to stop the services of 38 contract workers. Meanwhile, the administration has confirmed four more deaths in the last 24 hours due to Malaria raising the toll to 16.

The toll may increase further as hundreds of infected people are admitted in different hospitals, Mr. Upadhyay said. Total 378 infected persons have been reported so far after tests were conducted on blood samples of 12,618 patients from different villages. However, the health department has distributed 14,000 Chloro-quinone, 50,000 Chlorine tablets and immunised 155 wells in the area as part of preventive measures, the ADM said.

— PTI

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