Health Department Sets up Disease Helpline in Bhopal
Free Dengue, Chikungunya testing at five centers
Bhopal
Taking a serious note of dengue and chikungunya, the district administration has made arrangements for testing facilities to be provided at five locations in the state capital.
The free testing facility will be available to citizens all seven days of the week at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal Memorial Hospital, Gandhi Medical College, Civil Hospital Bairagarh, and District Jaiprakash Hospital.
District Health Officer Dr. Prabhakar Tiwari said that a call center has been established at the district malaria office to control vector-borne diseases. Citizens can call 0755-2660636 to get information regarding the diseases, their testing, and treatment facilities in the district.
Tiwari stated that adequate arrangements have been made at the free testing centers to carry out the ELISA tests at the five hospitals in the city.
