Demand for health emergency rises as dengue cases go up

Sporadic cases of coronavirus in some parts of the district also a cause of concern

As the cases of viral fevers and other seasonal diseases, including dengue, are on the rise in several Agency mandals, the demand for declaration of health emergency to bolster health infrastructure and fill up the critical gaps in public healthcare delivery system have surfaced from various quarters in the tribal majority district. Activists of Left parties and other organisations observed a bandh in the ST-reserved Pinapaka constituency on Saturday demanding filling up of all vacancies in the 100-bed government hospital in Manuguru town. M P Banjara, Jaggaram and a couple of other villages in Pinapaka constituency are reeling under viral fevers that are spreading fast owing to insanitary conditions caused by stagnation of water due to intermittent spell of heavy rains over the past few days, sources said.