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High-Risk Dengue Period Before Puja: State Health Department Takes Strict Measures
- •A separate SOP is being introduced for puja pandals to raise awareness and prevent dengue.
- •Promotional campaigns are planned on the Metro Railway to raise awareness among city residents.
- •Special surveillance and drives are set for ward number 29 of the Howrah Municipal Corporation following student infections.
- •Hospitals have been instructed to treat all admitted dengue patients strictly according to health department guidelines.
- •Medical experts advise checking for other infections like malaria or UTI if a fever lasts for more than 10 days.
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The state health department has introduced a separate standard operating procedure for puja pandals, planned promotional campaigns on the Metro Railway to raise awareness, initiated a special surveillance drive in Howrah Municipal Corporation's ward number 29 due to nursing student infections, and instructed all hospitals to treat admitted dengue patients following official guidelines.
If a dengue patient's fever persists beyond 10 days, the health department advises checking for other co-infections such as enteric fever, scrub typhus, leptospirosis, malaria, and urinary tract infections, as well as hospital-acquired infections for hospitalized patients.
Several nursing students were reported infected in ward number 29 of the Howrah Municipal Corporation, prompting the state health department to conduct special surveillance and a special drive in the area.
