The Director of Well being Products and services for the Sabaragamuwa Province, Dr. Kapila Kannangara, has said that the Ratnapura District has recorded the best possible selection of deaths and infections from leptospirosis illness this yr.
Talking on the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council Complicated, Dr. Kannangara highlighted the severity of the placement, noting {that a} overall of one,882 Leptospirosis circumstances and 22 fatalities had been reported within the district.
The recognized high-risk spaces inside the Ratnapura District come with Eheliyagoda, Kiriella, Elapatha, Pelmadulla, Opanayake, Nivithigala, Kalawana, and Kalthota.
Dr. Kannangara emphasised that if leptospirosis illness, sometimes called ‘rat fever’, isn’t correctly handled, it would result in crucial headaches, together with the failure of important organs such because the kidneys, center, and mind, which would possibly lead to fatality.
To forestall infections, he recommended folks to take Doxycycline, an efficient prophylactic remedy to be had via regional well being carrier places of work or Public Well being Inspectors (PHIs), which must be taken a minimum of one week previous to setting out fieldwork.
