Flood-hit areas to get health squads: Maharashtra's Health Minister Eknath Shinde

Maharashtra's Health Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday directed his department to deploy round-the-clock health squads along with flood-control teams in the flood-hit areas of Navi Mumbai, Thane, Konkan, Nashik, and Western Maharashtra.
This has been done to avoid the spread of rain-related diseases. He has directed authorities to conduct household-level surveys with health workers being ordered to find cases of waterborne diseases in waterlogged and adjoining areas.
The health camps also aim to prevent diseases such as swine flu, dengue, leptospirosis and ensure that fumigation activities are undertaken wherever needed. Shinde also advised the citizens to be vigilant.

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