Poor people not being diagnosed properly: Centre

Union Minister calls for ramping up dengue testing in Delhi

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday chaired a high-level meeting with Delhi officials to review the measures against dengue.

“Many poor people are not diagnosed properly and their death goes unreported,” he said, stressing on the need to ramp up dengue testing in the city. He added that primary healthcare centres may prescribe drugs to suppress the symptoms without addressing the root cause which may lead to eventual demise of the patient.

“Since testing is the most important step to identifying dengue, these deaths will not be reported as such and the incidence will continue to be under reported,” he said.