In light of the increasing number of Dengue cases, the Uttarakhand Health Secretary paid an unexpected visit to the Doon Medical College Hospital in Dehradun on Wednesday. R. Rajesh Kumar, the secretary of health, inspected the blood bank. Single donor platelet (SDP) and random donor platelet (RDP) processing should be done continuously, according to Kumar. While the RDP method prepares platelets from the donated blood of qualified donors, the SDP method collects platelets from a single donor.
Health Secretary Rajesh Kumar said, “Strict action will be taken on complaints of hospitals, blood banks and pathology labs charging exorbitant fees from dengue patients or overcharging for platelets and jumbo packs in the name of treatment”.
The Health Secretary also said that black marketers will not be spared.
Dengue cases in the state has crossed six hundred cases creating fear among the residents of Uttrakhand.
According to the information received from the Health Department, Dehradun has the maximum number of four hundred and eighteen (418) dengue patients while the toll in the entire state stands at six hundred (600).
Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar and Dehradun districts of the state are the most affected by dengue.