Chennai: In a bid to combat monsoon-related ailments, the Tamil Nadu Health Department has organised door-to-door health camps. Several residences and housing colonies in low-lying sections of the state were inspected by a team of Health Department personnel, including doctors and nurses. After the rains subsided, the team analysed the rain-related diseases that had been ravaging several locations.
Heavy rains battered the state after the Northeast monsoon began in October, causing various monsoon-related ailments to emerge. Diarrhoea, fever, common cold, and foot sores are the most common ailments in several regions of the state, including the state capital Chennai and the neighbouring districts of Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, and Chengalpattu, which got more rain than usual. Many areas of these districts have been flooded, causing fever and diarrhoea to spread. People in these locations have also been impacted by common colds and foot sores in considerable numbers.
Ma Subramanian, the state's health minister, said: "I have myself visited a few areas in Perungudi on Monday. A team consisting of doctors and nurses are doing disease surveillance and providing medicines immediately. During the monsoon season, the agency plans to hold 500 health camps every day.
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