93 pc Sirmaur people screened for diseases

Tribune News Service

Solan, January 15

Around 93.25 per cent population of Sirmaur district was screened for various diseases under the Him Suraksha Abhiyan from November 25 to January 4.

Chief Medical Officer Dr KK Prashar said today that door-to-door screening was undertaken by 612 teams of health staff in five blocks of the district. Of 5,88,743 people, 5,49,021 were screened for Covid-19, tuberculosis, leprosy, and diabetes. As many as 6,206 people showed Covid symptoms and 1,960 of them were tested but only 79 were found infected with the virus.

Dr Prashar said that 2,699 people displayed symptoms of tuberculosis, and 1,024 of them were tested but only 80 were found afflicted with the disease. He said that they were ascertaining whether these 80 cases were new or old ones. As many as 393 people showed leprosy symptoms, and 22 of them were tested but only one was found afflicted with the disease.