YSRC urges quick health measures

Vijayawada: The opposition YSRC has urged the AP Government to implement a programme similar to Jagananna Aarogya Suraksha on a war footing to address the ongoing public health crisis caused by incessant rains and floods in the state. In a letter addressed to the AP Government, YSRC NTR district doctors’ cell chairman Dr Ambati Naga Radhakrishna Yadav demanded the state government deploy mobile medical teams to flood-hit areas equipped with essential medicines, vaccines and medical equipment. He suggested the government set up temporary health camps to provide medical care, first aid, and emergency services; activate telemedicine facilities to connect patients with specialist doctors for remote consultations; and deploy vector control teams to conduct fogging, larviciding, and other measures to prevent the spread of vector-borne diseases.