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After a daylong tour of flood-hit Jammu on Saturday, union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan asked for additional consignments of emergency medicines to be despatched.
The minister said antibiotics, oral rehydration solution sachets, anti-diarrhoeal drugs, chlorine tablets, bleaching powder, medicines for eye and skin infections, IV fluids and other essential drugs will be sent within the next few days.
“We have already despatched a large quantity of medicines over the past week, but I feel we have to enhance stocks to deal with the post-flood situation which from my experience tends to drag on for months. I have requested the J&K government officials to feel free to ask for anything because the Prime Minister has himself pledged whole-hearted support,” Dr Harsh Vardhan said.
Soon after arriving in Jammu, the Minister took a meeting of state officials who included the divisional commissioner, the deputy commissioners of Jammu and Poonch, the director of health services, the medical superintendent of Jammu Medical College,officials of the National Rural Health Mission and other officials.
The minister is due to visit the Kashmir Valley on Sunday.
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