KOCHI: District Medical Officer Dr. N.K Kuttappan has convened an emergency meeting of hospital superintendents and top officials in the district in the wake of Nipah virus deaths in Kozhikode and Malappuram. Superintendents of all government hospitals from the Community Health Centre level attended the meeting in which the DMO briefed about the procedures to be followed in treating suspected cases of virus infection.
The DMO held another meeting with representatives of Indian Medical Association to put the private hospitals on alert . Top health department officials from the district attended a meeting chaired by Health Minister K.K Shailaja through video conferencing.
Three doctors from the district Dr. Sajith John and Dr. Muhsin from Ernakulam government general hospital and Dr. Bimal Babu from Perumbavur taluk hospital have joined the special medical team at Kozhikode. The Kerala Government Medical Officers Association has urged its members to be ready for joining the medical team, if required. Though the virus has not been detected in Ernakulam, there are chances of patients from affected areas being brought to hospitals in the district.
