Maternal and infant mortality in Attappadi: Comprehensive study required; The Legislative Committee submitted its report

Thiruvananthapuram
Meeting committee recommends complete research on maternal and toddler mortality in Attappadi The Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes chaired by OR Kellu visited Attappady and gave a report.

Though the federal government spends crores of rupees on the well being care of pregnant girls and youngsters, the dying toll is excessive. The explanation for this have to be discovered. Motion needs to be taken towards officers who don’t present medical help in a well timed method. Consideration needs to be paid to the well being care of women from adolescence onwards. Medical help needs to be offered instantly to sickle cell sufferers. Milk, eggs, meat and greens needs to be distributed by way of the neighborhood kitchen. The companies of senior docs within the Division of Pediatrics and Gynecology needs to be made accessible on the Kottathara Tribal Specialty Hospital. Extra employees needs to be employed. An ambulance with ventilator services and an ICU for youngsters needs to be offered.

Breakfast needs to be served to highschool and better secondary college students as nicely. The availability of counterfeit liquor and using intoxicants needs to be stopped. The panel additionally really helpful that motion be taken to forestall a recurrence of the pox case. The committee members are Kadakampally Surendran, OS Ambika, AP Anilkumar, IC Balakrishnan, NA Nellikunnu, A Raja, V Sasi, PV Sreenijan, PP Sumod and VR Sunilkumar.