Joint meeting held
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 14 2015 :
Principal Secretary (Health) Dr Suresh Babu today convened a joint meeting with Deputy Commissioners and Chief Medical Officers.
The meeting held in the conference hall of Old Secretariat deliberated on the death of two persons due to Swine Flu in the State and its possible preventive/containment measures.
Health Director Dr O Ibomcha and AYUSH Director Dr Lokendro were also present at the meeting.
The meeting deliberated on the action plan formulated to check Swine Flu.
Creation of isolation wards and constitution of rapid response teams were other primary agenda of the meeting.
The DCs maintained that rapid response teams have been constituted apart from creation of isolation wards in district hospitals.
The meeting discussed about closing down schools and colleges temporarily but it finally decided to issue an appeal to all students and teachers to stay away from their schools and colleges if they are suffering from cold and/or fever.
Notably, there have been three confirmed cases of Swine Flu in Manipur so far.