Proactively prevent and control diseases during the rainy and stormy season
(Baonghean) - Every year, storms and floods cause a lot of damage to people and property, and are also the cause of various epidemics. Entering this year's rainy and stormy season, proactive prevention of epidemics is being actively implemented by the health sector, localities and people.
(Baonghean) - Every year, storms and floods cause a lot of damage to people and property, and are also the cause of various epidemics. Entering this year's rainy and stormy season, proactive prevention of epidemics is being actively implemented by the health sector, localities and people.
At this time, people in hamlets 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 of Hung Loi commune (Hung Nguyen) are preparing measures to cope with floods. The family of Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thu, in hamlet 7, is storing valuables and food in the cupboard to prevent floodwaters from rising; repairing a small boat as a means of transportation; buying tanks to store clean water. Mrs. Thu said: “Floods can come unexpectedly, the sooner and more carefully we prepare, the better. Food includes dried foods, instant noodles, canned foods; clean water comes in 1000-liter tanks placed high, plus several tanks of mineral water. To prevent epidemics, the family has also prepared a personal medicine cabinet including stomach ache medicine, massage oil, eye drops, Orezol, Cloramin…”. At the same time, they have cleared bushes around the house, collected garbage and cleaned the barns for cows, pigs and chickens; Buy more brooms to push mud and water away when the rain and flood come and go.
The cleaning of public sanitation has been of particular concern to the people of hamlets in Hung Loi commune, as in 2013, Hung Loi was one of the hotbeds of dengue fever with many infected people. According to Dr. Phan Huu Hoa - Head of Hung Loi Commune Health Station, before the flood season this year, the District Health Center sent medical staff to transfer chemicals to coordinate with the commune's forces to spray and kill mosquitoes in hamlets. The commune mobilized the people of the whole commune to organize environmental sanitation, kill mosquito larvae, and clear sewers to limit pathogens; assigned tasks to monitor and grasp the health status of the people in the area, especially during floods, and strictly implemented disease surveillance. In addition, the station and the commune proactively inspected the supply of clean water, prepared facilities, vehicles, and conducted inspections before, during and after floods according to the 4 on-site motto...
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| Hung Nguyen district medical staff spray disinfectant |
Not only Hung Loi commune but also communes with hamlets outside the dike such as Hung Linh, Hung Long, Hung Chau and Hung Trung have also made careful preparations, ready to deal with epidemics and accidents caused by floods. Doctor Nguyen Dinh Thanh - Director of Hung Nguyen District Medical Center affirmed: "To deal with epidemics and ensure safety for people during the rainy and flood season, the District Medical Center has proactively deployed many measures, ready to respond such as establishing emergency teams, mobile rescue; supplying chemicals and equipment for storm and flood prevention according to regulations to communes and villages to deliver directly to people. Other disinfectants such as Cloramin B and alum are also provided by the center to communes, to distribute to people. In addition, the stations have also prepared cotton, bandages, and gauze to be ready to provide timely first aid. Rice, instant noodles, and dry food are also prepared by medical staff at the stations to be on duty 24/7 during floods.
The work of preventing and controlling epidemics during the rainy season has been deployed by the Provincial People's Committee and the Department of Health since the beginning of the year; on the basis of this plan, local flood and storm prevention and control steering committees have also proactively developed their own plans based on the advice of health agencies. With the spirit of not being subjective about epidemics, the health sector is actively directing agencies and units to closely monitor the area, monitor, control and handle epidemics when storms and floods occur; directing general hospitals in districts, towns and cities to reserve and distribute medicines, ready to transfer to key locations...
To prevent and combat epidemics during the storm and flood season, Nghe An Health Department recommends: Before the storm and flood season, every family needs to clean up and dispose of garbage by burning or burying it; need to handle human and livestock feces by composting with lime powder, compacting or burying, covering carefully, to avoid spreading pathogens outside the area where rain, storms, and floodwaters overflow; stock up on enough food and provisions during storms and floods, especially clean foods that can be eaten immediately without being cooked through fire such as instant noodles, dry rations; stock up on enough clean water for use during storms and floods; prepare lids and plastic to cover the mouths of open wells, rainwater tanks or well plugs; stock up on drinking water bottles, especially for families with young children; prepare some essential medicines for use during the storm and flood season such as eye drops, common antiseptic solutions, stomachache, diarrhea, cold and fever medicines, essential oils, bandages; Store pesticides in a high place, away from the risk of flooding or water washout. |
Thanh Son
