HYDERABAD: The GHMC has simply one auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM) per 50,000 population, as versus the requirement of one per 5,000.

Despite having this meagre personnel strength, the corporation has declared that has actually recognized over 2.19 lakh residents with fever after covering 9.98 lakh households during the door-to-door fever survey.The civic body has actually not been upcoming with data on the variety of medical kits distributed in the city to those with fever signs, and medications provided to the patients after the fifth day of fever.

The officials were reluctant to share the information declaring that they might land in problem.

According to extremely put sources, Hyderabad district has 47 ANMs working under the human resource advancement (HRD) section, 205 working under the National Urban Health Objective (NUHM), 40 appointed under the European Commission throughout 2005 (EU) and 197 working in basti dawakhanas.

Medchal-Malkajgiri district has 273 ANMs in these four categories, and Ranga Reddy district about 400.

In the GHMC limits, 1,162 ANMs have actually been carrying out the door-to-door fever study, screening and Covid-19 vaccination in addition to Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers and staff from the entomology wing of the GHMC.

The GHMC, in its authorities releases, said it had actually made up 1,600 teams just for the fever study.

Each group made up an ASHA employee, ANMs and staff from the entomology wing, it said.A senior official requesting privacy said the corporation had actually been controling the figures of door-to-door surveys, Covid-19 vaccination and screening.

He said with the existing personnel, it was impossible to conduct surveys and perform other duties.The official said instructions were provided not to expose precise data about the variety of persons identified with the Covid-19 signs during the study, until the federal government identified adequate area to accommodate symptomatic people in state-run neighborhood halls and basti dawakhanas.

Apart from recognizing space for symptomatic patients, authorities were likewise computing the variety of Covid-19 sets distributed, steroids supplied and the number of individuals described healthcare facilities.

Till the process was finished, they would not expose data.The GHMC authorities even more stated that despite extensive efforts, there was a massive rise in the mosquito menace in the city.

This had actually made things even more made complex in areas adjacent major water bodies and along the Musi River, he said.He stated the corporation was awaiting the decision of the federal government to boost manpower to combat Covid-19, provide vaccination and to handle vector-borne illness.

The authorities said the federal government would launch its strategy in a number of days after holding meetings with professionals.

I request individuals to be brave and stay at house considering that the scenario would worsen in the next number of weeks with Covid-19, dengue, malaria and other vector-borne illness due to recent rainfall, the official stated.