Excelsior Correspondent
Jammu, Feb 28: Governor, N N Vohra, reviewed the status of H1N1 Influenza in the State, in a meeting held here at the Raj Bhavan this evening.
The Governor urged the visiting Central Team comprising Dr. S.K. Jain, Joint Director, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and Dr. Charoo Hans, HoD Microbiology, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi; to strongly endorse the State Government’s proposal for setting up a Laboratory with testing facility in Jammu so that it can be established very early.
He also emphasized the need for establishing a network of District Laboratories in the State keeping in view the remoteness and long distances between the district hqrs and the regional capitals. He also called for further strengthening of the SKIMS Laboratory.
The Central Team suggested that a branch of NCDC can be established in the State, with the requisite technical staff and a small laboratory, so that the issues relating to public health could be addressed locally and timely. NCDC also offered to extend assistance in capacity building in public health.
The Governor also called for round the year conduct of awareness programmes in public health all over the State. He directed Gaznaffar Hussain, Health Secretary to Government, to draw an action plan for strengthening the long term preparedness of the State to handle various endemic diseases.
Earlier, the Central Team had a meeting with Principal GMC Jammu and Director Health Services Jammu. This team will be visiting Srinagar on March 2, 2015. Dr. N.S. Dharamshakti, Addl. DG Emergency Medical Relief Division, Directorate General of Health Services, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will be reaching Srinagar directly on March 1, 2015.
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