Shillong, April 25: The HYC of Shella Unit today written to the District Medical and Health Officer of East Khasi Hills District, to provide medicines to Ichamati CHC and Shella PHC for treatment of Typhoid fever the residence of the area fall under the two state government health care centre.
On behalf of HYC-Shella Area Unit, Mr. Seiborlang Diengdoh general secretary of the Sherlla Unit and Mr. Roy Kupar Synrem general secretary central body take serious note of the non-availability of important life saving medicines in Shella PHC and Ichamati CHC, under Sohra Civil Sub-Division.
They were informed that a particular patient, a young kid, with high fever visited Shella PHC today, the 25th April, 2023 and during investigation it is found that he had Typhoid fever but the said PHC cannot treat him there due to non-availability of medicines and hence for treatment of the Typhoid fever he was referred to Ichamati CHC.
The distance is around 13-15kms away, but on reaching the said CHC, it was informed that the necessary medicines are also not available in the CHC at present and hence he was further referred to Sohra CHC, which is around 45 Kms from Shella Village.
This is totally unacceptable as the said Ichamati CHC, being the First Referral Unit (FRU) from the adjoining PHCs, which cater to a population of thousands of Villagers.
The HYC said that the two government health centre does not even have stocks of life saving medicines to treat a disease like Typhoid fever this has put the life of that particular patient and others who are suffering from such type of disease at a great risk, which may even lead to a loss of precious lives.
Since, typhoid fever is caused by a bacteria and a person with typhoid maybe a carrier of the said disease and thus infect other people also, it is humbly requested that necessary direction maybe given to the concern health officer in Shella PHC to conduct an enquiry and tests of the patients having fever in the Village to find out the causes.
The HYC urged to conduct awareness program in the Village regarding the symptoms, causes, treatment and prevention of the disease and any other measures necessary as per protocols to check the spread of the disease and prevent any major outbreak which may lead to loss of precious lives of our villagers.
Therefore, the HYC demand that the necessary medicines for treatment of Typhoid should be made available at the earliest in Ichamati CHC and Shella PHC as well as to conduct necessary enquiry into the causes and to also conduct awareness program on the symptoms, causes, treatment and prevention of the disease.
