Chandigarh,, September 20
The Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab Government’s multi-pronged ‘Special Health Campaign’ has effectively curbed potential disease outbreaks in 2,303 flood-affected villages, as announced by Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Balbir Singh on Saturday.
Reviewing field reports, Dr. Balbir Singh expressed satisfaction with the massive mobilization of the state’s medical personnel—including government doctors, private volunteers, Ayurveda medical officers, and MBBS interns—which has created a strong health shield for flood-ravaged communities.
The campaign’s three-pronged strategy—health camps for curative care, door-to-door visits for preventive measures, and rigorous fumigation for vector control—is functioning seamlessly. On Saturday, medical teams covered 1,118 villages, conducting 20,668 OPD consultations in camps, treating 2,324 fever cases, 505 diarrhea cases, 2,606 skin infections, and 1,133 eye infections.
Over 20,000 ASHA workers conducted door-to-door visits in 1,471 villages and 62,021 households, distributing 20,276 essential health kits and screening residents, identifying 1,105 fever cases with zero malaria diagnoses. Vector-control efforts reached 1,554 villages, inspecting 63,233 households, eliminating breeding sites in 969, and spraying larvicide in 19,303 houses. Fumigation was carried out in 955 villages to disrupt disease transmission.
“This data shows our preventive approach is working. While treating the sick is vital, our focus is stopping diseases before they spread,” said Dr. Balbir Singh. He credited the campaign’s success to its proactive design under CM Mann’s guidance, anticipating challenges rather than reacting to them.
