PCB cleans up schools,sets up committee

The PCB has now called its first meeting of all schools in Pune Cantonment Board area on Wednesday morning. It will also be setting up an action committee to coordinate efforts on swine flu for PCB area as per the state government instructions,he said.

“Till now we have only focused on the nine cantonment board schools. But now we will be extending our services to all the 36 schools in Camp area,” said Jaywant.

On Tuesday,it cleaned five schools in PCB area including St Anne’s. The other schools are Lady Havabai,Choksey,St John’s,and Bishops’,he added. “Disinfecting activities will be conducted in all the schools in the PCB area. While it has been routine till now,we have intensified our efforts,” he said.

On July 30,certain schools in PCB area approached the cantonment hospital for guidelines on measures to be taken on swine flu. Jaywant said they were given specific instructions.

PCB chief operating officer D K Mallik could not be contacted. Jaywant did not agree that the PCB had been lax in tackling the swine flu till now. “All the cases reported at the Naidu Hospial and the Aundh General Hospital have been in the PMC limits. Even the family of the child lives in PMC limits. But the death of the girl at Jehangir has led to people raising questions about PCB. Actually,only her school and the physicians of Jehangir Hospital were are in PCB limits,” said Jaywant. He said there were no plans to start a separate quarantine ward.