THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK
Daltonganj June 21: Palamu’s Harihurganj Community Health Centre (CHC) right on the border of Bihar, draws a good number of patients from Bihar every day, every month.
Medical officer in charge of this centre Dr G Prasad said, “There will be invariably 10 to 15 patients from Bihar in the lot of 30 to 40 patients that show up here.”
Civil Surgeon Dr Anil Kumar on Saturday made a surprise visit to this centre. He saw an accident victim getting wound washed and dressed in the emergency minor OT. The patient was all praise for the medical assistance here.
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Typhoid Case Data Raises Concerns
“My eyes got widened when I checked with the pathology personnel as to how many cases of typhoid are reported, to which he said 49 people have tested positive for typhoid out of the 300 examined and tested”, informed the Civil Surgeon.
“It was a blown-up figure. I asked the man to explain how he brands fever cases as that of typhoid. The man was fumbling for words,” reiterated the Civil Surgeon.
“There is no denying the fact that there is an incidence of typhoid. But such a finding for 49 cases out of 300, as typhoid positive, was beyond belief. I have asked the man to be careful,” he said.
Expired Fire Safety Equipment and Medicine Stock Reviewed
The anti-fire measures were found expired. Civil Surgeon said, “I oversaw two fire extinguishers. These were expired ones. They were taken off the hook in the wall immediately.”
Expressing satisfaction Civil Surgeon said, “This community health centre has sufficient stock of polyvalent anti-snake venom injection and anti-rabies vaccines. These are well maintained.”
Similarly, to beat diarrhoea, there are ample bottles of saline and anti-diuretic drugs.
He found a huge stock of cough syrup having shelf life of only six months left now. Dr Anil Kumar directed the medical officer in charge to ensure no cough patient goes without the syrup available here within its shelf life.
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TB Patient KYC Issues
The Civil Surgeon was informed about little over a dozen TB patients who have missed out their monthly fiscal assistance worth 1,000 rupees per month for a total of six months in normal course for nutritional supplements on account of these patients’ bank accounts put on hold by the banks for want of the updating of the KYC.
He directed the medical officer in charge to spur the TB handler to help sort out the KYC issue of the TB patients with the concerned banks.
CHC’s Cleanliness Commended
The Community Health Centre at Harihurganj has sparkling cleanliness, no second to any mission hospital known for its superb cleanliness. Civil Surgeon praising it suggested that the medical officer in charge go for more and more greenery around the centre.
