The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday, 30 August said cases of
**leptospirosis** , acute diarrhea and
**dengue** **are rising** in flood-hit Kerala and that the Centre is closely monitoring the situation. Union Health Minister J P Nadda along with other ministry officials reviewed
**flood relief measures** and said the Centre is
**coordinating** with the state. According to the ministry, the Centre will be sending 30 specialist doctors, 20 general duty medical officers and 40 Malayalam-speaking nurses who will be arriving in Kerala on Friday, 31 August. [caption id=“attachment_5086301” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] An aerial image of people in Kerala waiting for aid next to makeshift rafts at a badly-flooded area. Reuters[/caption] “Also, 12 public health teams, each comprising one
**public health** specialist, a microbiologist and one entomologist are being deployed to assist the state health department in various public health measures,” it said. The Centre has so far supplied 73 MT of essential
**emergency drugs** . “As per the additional request received from Kerala, 58 items of essential drugs/consumables weighing about 120 MT, and 40 ultra low volume (ULV)
**fogging machines** are also being sent to the state,” the Ministry said.
Centre to send 30 specialist doctors, 40 nurses and 12 diagnostic teams to attend to flood-hit areas
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