This disease, caused by the monkeypox virus (Mpox), is a viral infection that can spread between people, primarily through close contact, and occasionally from the environment to people through surfaces that have been touched by a person. infected.
State health department officials told IANS that district medical officers should put taluk level hospitals on alert and also monitor primary health centers (PHCs) under their jurisdiction.
The Tamil Nadu government has already set up fever screening centers at four international airports in the state and has also set up isolation wards attached to each airport.
Guindy King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research will be the designated laboratory by the Union Health Ministry to conduct Mpox testing in Tamil Nadu. This laboratory is among the 22 laboratories identified by the Ministry throughout the country for testing.
Tamil Nadu health authorities said the state has mass fever screening systems at all four international airports and isolation wards are ready at airports as well as at four designated government hospitals.
State health minister Ma Subramanian told IANS: “The state is ready with testing and treatment facilities. “All precautionary measures have also been taken.”
The minister further said that as soon as the Union government announced information about a person with suspicious symptoms, the state government contacted the Union government and received information about the country from where the person had returned and the place. of hospitalization. , which are kept confidential.
The Government of India had announced that a person with suspected mpox symptoms had been identified, isolated and treated.
Tamil Nadu, in particular, has four international airports at Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai and Tiruchi, and mass fever screening systems, and continuous monitoring of travelers is being carried out.
Medical isolation rooms have been prepared at all four airports. Additionally, digital boards have been installed at airports with information about mpox symptoms and seeking medical help.
Isolation wards for mpox have been set up in four government hospitals - Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai, Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai, Government Medical College Hospital in Coimbatore and Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital in Tiruchi. Each ward had 10 beds.
State health department officials told IANS that district medical officers should put taluk level hospitals on alert and also monitor primary health centers (PHCs) under their jurisdiction.
The Tamil Nadu government has already set up fever screening centers at four international airports in the state and has also set up isolation wards attached to each airport.
Guindy King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research will be the designated laboratory by the Union Health Ministry to conduct Mpox testing in Tamil Nadu. This laboratory is among the 22 laboratories identified by the Ministry throughout the country for testing.
Tamil Nadu health authorities said the state has mass fever screening systems at all four international airports and isolation wards are ready at airports as well as at four designated government hospitals.
State health minister Ma Subramanian told IANS: “The state is ready with testing and treatment facilities. “All precautionary measures have also been taken.”
The minister further said that as soon as the Union government announced information about a person with suspicious symptoms, the state government contacted the Union government and received information about the country from where the person had returned and the place. of hospitalization. , which are kept confidential.
The Government of India had announced that a person with suspected mpox symptoms had been identified, isolated and treated.
Tamil Nadu, in particular, has four international airports at Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai and Tiruchi, and mass fever screening systems, and continuous monitoring of travelers is being carried out.
Medical isolation rooms have been prepared at all four airports. Additionally, digital boards have been installed at airports with information about mpox symptoms and seeking medical help.
Isolation wards for mpox have been set up in four government hospitals - Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai, Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai, Government Medical College Hospital in Coimbatore and Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital in Tiruchi. Each ward had 10 beds.
