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India Leptospirosis 2012

Ronan Kelly

Ronan Kelly

Retired 2020
Rat fever is back in Kerala
February 6, 2012 DC Kochi

Rat fever is back in Central Kerala after a short break. It claimed the life of Raju, a resident of Kadakkarappaly in Cherthala, at Kolenchery Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Medical College late on Friday night.

Though the disease-prone summer and south west monsoon are months away, the health officials are yet to come out with a strategy to tackle the diseases in the state.
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http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/kochi/rat-fever-back-kerala-290
 
Re: India Leptospirosis 2012

Rats win the race against panchayats
Express News Service , The New Indian Express


KOCHI: The rat fever outbreak that rattled Ernakulam district with hundreds of cases and several deaths has passed by, but the rodent pesticide meant to be distributed to tackle it is yet to reach the beneficiaries.
Out of the total 85 panchayats where rat pesticide was to be distributed, the solution reached only four panchayats.
The programme was launched in October last year when the rat fever menace was at its peak.
As per the programme, a government order was issued by the Collector asking all the 85 panchayats in the district to order rat pesticide from Kerala State Warehousing Corporation.
The concerned health workers were then supposed to distribute one packet weighing 50 gm, to every house in the panchayat.
However, in spite of the order, only 47 of the total 85 panchayats ordered for the pesticide, of which only four panchayats distributed it further to the households.
In fact, pesticide worth about `25 lakh is rotting at the various panchayats in the district.
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http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rats-win-the-race-against-panchayats/228535-60-122.html
 
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