Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will be chairing a high-level meeting today to review public health preparedness and discuss how to deal with the prevailing heatwave conditions in the country.
According to the reports, Niti Aayog member (Health) Dr V K Paul, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Dr Rajiv Bahl and India Meteorological Department (IMD) experts will join the meeting that will be held at 11:30 am.
Mandaviya chaired the high-level meeting in Delhi today.
Over the past few days, the death count has risen near 100 in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Odisha. In recent reports, the Ballia Hospital in Uttar Pradesh saw the deaths of 68 patients. Even though the district health official claimed that the deaths happened due to heatwave, he was removed from the post and another senior government doctor stated that the deaths prima facie did not appear to have happened due to the heatwave.
(This is a developing story, updates to be added)
