Dengue update: 22 October (2 items)

මදුරුවන් බෝ කළාට 10000ක දඩයක්

හෝමාගම විශේෂ ජිනදාස ගමගේ

මදුරුවන් බෝවන ලෙස පවත්වාගෙන යෑම සම්බන්ධයෙන් දෙවැනි වරටත් චෝදනා ලැබූ ආයතනයකට හෝමාගම අතිරේක දිසා විනිසුරු හා මහේස්ත්‍රාත් සුමිත් පෙරේරා මහතා විසින් රුපියල් 10000ක දඩයක් නියම කරන ලදී.

හෝමාගම නියදගල පාරේ පිහිටි එම පෞද්ගලික ආයතනයට මින් පෙරද එම චෝදනාව යටතේ රු 5000ක දඩයක් නියමවී තිබුණි. මහජන සෞඛ්‍ය පරීක්ෂක ජී.පී.එච්. පී.මංජුල හෝමාගම පොලීසියේ පො.ප. අලහකෝන් යන නිලධාරීන් විසින් මේ වැටලීම සිදුකළහ.

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Mosquito larvae sites: Legal action against 2,000 households in WP


Chamikara WEERASINGHE

Western Province Health Services Department has filed lawsuits against 2,000 households in the municipalities of the Western Province for failing to adhere to the department's advice to remove mosquito larvae sites in their homes.

The Head of Western Province Health Services, Dr Amal Harsha de Silva yesterday told the Daily News, their neglect has allowed increased insect infestation in the Western Province and the spread of dengue-transmitting Aedes aegypti mosquito.

Most larvae sites have been detected in the Colombo, Dehiwala, Mount Lavinia, Kolonnawa, Nugegoda and Homagama municipalities, he said.

"We will not tolerate any form of neglect by households or their lack of commitment to participate in the Province's dengue prevention programmes," said Dr Silva.

"Their negligence could mean death to their neighbour," he said and added that legal action will be taken against those who have neglected their responsibility irrespective of their social status."

Asked about the responsibility of the Western Province's Public Health Department to control the spread of mosquitoes, Dr Silva said, he has about 390 PHIs and they will too face disciplinary action, if they were unable to control the spread of mosquitoes in areas they have been assigned to do anti-mosquito work.

"We have got the required consignments of BTI liquid and recently imported BTI dung, to control the spread of larvae," he explained.

"In case we should find that the mosquito density has increased in an area, the PHIs in that area will be held responsible," he said.

Asked if the Western Province Health Service has the right kind of expertise to make use of biological mosquito control mechanisms such as utilization of BTI dung, Dr Silva said they are carrying out their vector control operations in combination with the Ministry of Health.

"It was the Health Ministry that paid for the consignment of BTI dung," he said. Asked about the progress of their mosquito control operations, he said they were successful in terms of what the public had to say about the mosquito menace.

"They have said that the number of mosquitoes or the density of mosquitoes in their municipalities have declined. However, we are yet evaluate the situation scientifically with various thresholds of scientific relevance," he said.

Asked if the Western Province Health Service is satisfied with their mosquito control programme, he said they have been able to control the levels of mosquito menace in Gampaha and Kalutara.
"The situation in Colombo is disastrous compared to other municipalities," he added.

"Our programmes were successful because we functioned side by side with the Presidential Task Force on Mosquito and Dengue Control," he said. "We are thankful to Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa who provided us with Police, Army and Navy personnel to carry out our work, which resulted in positive results," he said.

"The people responded to our request because of the presence of the Police and Army personnel. This helped us a lot in the control process in destroying many mosquito breeding grounds," he added.

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