18% students ill in Muktsar district

Health authorities checked 8,750 students of 86 schools and 68 anganwadi centres in the district and 1,541 were found to be ailing

Archit Watts

Tribune News Service

Muktsar, October 4

About 18 per cent of students in government schools, anganwadi centres checked under the School Health Programme by the health authorities have been found to be affected with one or more diseases in Muktsar district.

 Data of August states that the health authorities checked as many as 8,750 (4,603 girls, 4,103 boys) students of 86 schools and 68 anganwadi centres in the district and 1,541 were found to be ailing.

 As man as 657 such students belong to the Lambi block, followed by 288 from Alamwala block, 279 from Chak Sherewala block, 205 from Muktsar block and 112 from Doda block.

Of these, 1,111 were referred to Civil Hospitals and the rest were treated at the Community Health Centres (CHCs).

 The district administration, however, claimed that none of them had any major disease. Notably, officials of the health department conducted tests for anaemia, eyes, ears, respiratory problems, among others.

Jaspal Monga, Deputy District Education Officer, Muktsar, claimed, “Basic health tests of students are conducted in routine by health officials. Those detected with some disease are referred to a hospital and their parents are informed. There is no major health problem to any student.”

Courtesy: The Tribune