Lucknow, September 11: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today directed the officials of state health department to take “pre-emptive” measures to check the spread of contagious diseases due to flood-like situation in several districts of the state.
According to the official release, issued here after a review meeting of the health department, the Chief Minister asked officials to initiate measures to check the spread of infectious diseases caused due to contamination of water and set up teams of doctors equipped with required medicines and equipments to effectively deal with any such eventuality.
She stressed that in case of an outbreak of communicable diseases, the concerned Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) would be held responsible.
She said her government was committed to provide quality medical services to the people through government hospitals.
–PTI