Malaria deaths in Tripura
Agartala, January 19, 2007 : Five persons, including four children, have died of malaria in Belonia and Kanchanpur subdivisions of Tripura.
Puranmala Tripura (6) and her brother Sundarlal Tripura died within 24 hours of the malaria outbreak being reported from the tribal-dominated Maihar village of Belonia subdivision.
With the deaths sparking a furore, finance minister Badal Chowdhury, who hails from the subdivision, initiated emergency measures through the health department to prevent any more casualties.
The special medical camps being organised across the tribal-dominated areas of the subdivision seem to have succeeded in containing the outbreak, as no more cases have been reported from the subdivision so far.
Kanchanpur subdivision, however, was not so lucky. Three persons, including two children, have already fallen victim to malaria in Ananda Bazar and Gachhirmapara of this tribal-dominated subdivision in North Tripura in the past four days. On Friday, 39-year-old Rujoi Reang died of malaria at Saitoal village in Jampui hills while eight-year-old Uchoi Reang and 10-year-old Mamitha Reang died of the disease in the neighbouring village of Sakhantang the next day.
According to sources, what has become a source of worry is that over 50 inmates in the six congested Reang refugee camps in the subdivision have contracted malaria, though no casualty has been reported so far from there.
The sources said health workers, who visit the interior areas to distribute medicine and disinfectants, have reported to the subdivisional headquarters that over 500 tribals are suffering from malaria in the interior villages. The situation would worsen unless emergency measures are taken immediately, they warned.
According to a report compiled by the subdivisional authorities, over 500 people are suffering from malaria in Monpi, Saitoial, Banglabari, Nandirampara, Mitrajaypara, Gopalpur and Laljuri villages. The report said the situation could be worse in the remote villages bordering Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.
Subdivisional medical officer Sujit Chakma said the situation was not so alarming.
He, however, admitted that incidence of malaria in the winter months had so far been a rare phenomenon in Kanchanpur and hence needed to be probed.
Director of health services Satya Debbarma, however, denied reports of the outbreak of malaria in Kanchanpur. “In case we receive reports of such attacks, we will definitely take action,” he said.
Agartala, January 19, 2007 : Five persons, including four children, have died of malaria in Belonia and Kanchanpur subdivisions of Tripura.
Puranmala Tripura (6) and her brother Sundarlal Tripura died within 24 hours of the malaria outbreak being reported from the tribal-dominated Maihar village of Belonia subdivision.
With the deaths sparking a furore, finance minister Badal Chowdhury, who hails from the subdivision, initiated emergency measures through the health department to prevent any more casualties.
The special medical camps being organised across the tribal-dominated areas of the subdivision seem to have succeeded in containing the outbreak, as no more cases have been reported from the subdivision so far.
Kanchanpur subdivision, however, was not so lucky. Three persons, including two children, have already fallen victim to malaria in Ananda Bazar and Gachhirmapara of this tribal-dominated subdivision in North Tripura in the past four days. On Friday, 39-year-old Rujoi Reang died of malaria at Saitoal village in Jampui hills while eight-year-old Uchoi Reang and 10-year-old Mamitha Reang died of the disease in the neighbouring village of Sakhantang the next day.
According to sources, what has become a source of worry is that over 50 inmates in the six congested Reang refugee camps in the subdivision have contracted malaria, though no casualty has been reported so far from there.
The sources said health workers, who visit the interior areas to distribute medicine and disinfectants, have reported to the subdivisional headquarters that over 500 tribals are suffering from malaria in the interior villages. The situation would worsen unless emergency measures are taken immediately, they warned.
According to a report compiled by the subdivisional authorities, over 500 people are suffering from malaria in Monpi, Saitoial, Banglabari, Nandirampara, Mitrajaypara, Gopalpur and Laljuri villages. The report said the situation could be worse in the remote villages bordering Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.
Subdivisional medical officer Sujit Chakma said the situation was not so alarming.
He, however, admitted that incidence of malaria in the winter months had so far been a rare phenomenon in Kanchanpur and hence needed to be probed.
Director of health services Satya Debbarma, however, denied reports of the outbreak of malaria in Kanchanpur. “In case we receive reports of such attacks, we will definitely take action,” he said.
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