For the first time in the country, the state government has come out with a management protocol for suspected cases of chikungunya. The idea is to provide a standard integrated treatment for the viral disease, that had badly spread across the state over the past two years. Health Minister P K Sreemathi said that the protocol has been evolved after a three-month-long study conducted by the experts. This protocol will be implemented by the Health Department in association with the Indian Medical Association.The chart of the treatment protocol will be made available to all the government hospitals across the state and steps have also been taken to distribute it to the private hospitals. All these have been done since there was no prescribed treatment for chikungunya. The State Disease Control and Monitoring Cell headed by Dr Thomas Mathew will be monitoring the day-to-day fever cases being reported from each districts and will be preparing a report based on this. The State Epidemic Cell constituted by the Indian Medical Association will be collecting the reports from each private hospitals. As per the protocol, the drugs to be used are Indomethacin, Naproxin, Mefenamic acid, Ibuprofen, Diclofenac, Aceclofenac and Etoricoxib.
New Indian Express, May 23, 2008
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