Health minister Kamineni Srinivas (left) interacting with commissioner of Health & Family Welfare Saurabh Gaur at a vaccine awareness programme in Vijayawada on Friday
VIJAYAWADA/GUNTUR: Health minister Kamineni Srinivas has said that public awareness should be created on ‘Pentavalent Vaccine’, as one shot of it will provide protection to infants from five life-threatening diseases.
Speaking at the state-level Pentavalent vaccine awareness programme organised by the state Medical and Health Department in Vijayawada Friday, the minister said that the five-in-one ‘Pentavalent Vaccine’ protects children from diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, Hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) which causes pneumonia and meningitis.
The health minister said the medical services of the staff in the cyclone-hit north Coastal Andhra were remarkable.
Commissioner of Health & Family Welfare & mission director Saurabh Gaur said that Pentavalent Vaccine would be introduced in eight states, including Andhra Pradesh, by January next year. “Special training has been given to volunteers by the specialists on administering of vaccine apart from the ground-level training to the Anganwadi workers, medical staff, Asha workers and others for better results,” he added.
Later, the health minister participated in the regional conference organised by the AP Medical Services and Infrastructure Development Corporation on ‘Sanitation and security levels in the government hospitals’ at Guntur Medical College.
Kamineni Srinivas asked the officials to provide special shelters for the visitors at the hospitals. Special committees with the representation of voluntary organisations would be constituted for the development of hospitalst. Vacant posts at hospitals would be filled soon, he added.
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