20 PHCs in Salem get blood cell counters
Rohini P. Bhajibhakare, District Collector, inspecting the new cell counter procured by the Department of Health in Salem.
The Health Department distributed automated blood cell counters to 20 primary health centres, one in each block in the district.
District Collector Rohini P. Bhajibhakare handed over the equipment to the PHCs on Wednesday, in the presence of Deputy Director of Health K. Poongodi.
The 20 cell counters have been purchased at an outlay of Rs. 75 lakh at the rate of Rs. 3.75 lakh each.
In a statement, the Collector said that State Government has procured the equipment following the outbreak of dengue and viral fever in the district.
The cell counters will be used for counting blood cells within a duration of 10 seconds.
Until now only four hospitals in the district – Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital in the city, the government headquarters hospital at Mettur and the government hospitals in Edappadi and Omalur towns owned the equipment.
In case of dengue, by knowing the platelet count at the primary health care level itself, patients can be managed at the early stages of fever and can be referred to higher institutions if needed.
The referral to major hospitals from the PHCs will be zero in future because of the introduction of cell counters at block level.
Second phase
In the second phase, the Health Department has placed order for six more cell counters – one for the Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital and five for other government hospitals in the district.
The Collector said that experts would install the cell counters in the PHCs and impart training to the lab staff in handling them.
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