Government wakes up after 100 die
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09/09/2010
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New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government today decided to continue with the scheme to provide financial incentives to the tribal patients to draw them to hospitals.
The decision was taken at a high-level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here today. Naveen reviewed the situation in the southern tribal districts of the State where diarrhoea and dengue have started taking their toll.
Despite the assurance given by the Health Department that the situation is under control, things seem to be far more serious. Even though close to 100 persons have died of diarrhoea in Rayagada, Nabarangpur, Koraput, Kalahandi and Malkangiri districts, the State Government is yet to declare it as an epidemic.
Large-scale vacancies in doctor posts, paramedics and other key officials have exposed the Government