The Common review Mission (CRM)from Health ministry, Govt of India finished its 3 day tour of the district. The team arrived in Rayagada on 10th of November. Team was lead by Sri.Ranjit Pandit, IFS Director, Health & Family Welfare, Govt of India and other members were, Dr. Sadananda Sahu, Deputy advisor, Department of AYUSH, Sri. adhikari, Ms. Anuradha and others.
The team on the first day held a meeting in which Collector Rayagada, CDMO Rayagada and other senior doctors of the District Headquarter Hospital and other related officials. CDMO Rayagada, Dr. Benudhar Nayak, appraised the team of the functioning if the various programmes being implemented under NRHM. Collector Rayagada appraised the steps taken last year to combat the epidemic diarhheal diseases, the outbreak of which was a major issue for the health department last year. He aslo appriased the team about the preventive measures taken this year, like sensitization of the community about the genesis and spread of the epidemic diarrheal diseases such as Cholera through the audio visual medium in the 'Kui' the language of the local tribal community and measures such as 'Downstream managemen't by the way of stream chlorination. A a result there was not only no outbreak of epidemic in diarhheal disease in the district this year, but also no casualty due to epidemic diarhheal disease, even when there were two outbreaks in the neighbouring districts and some cases in the districts.
The team then visited the district HQ hospital and the next day there were field visited to different sectors of the districts. During the debriefing session on the last day the team appreciated the efforts of the health department of the district in implementing the programmes of the health Ministry of Govt. of India. The made special mention of the coordiantion of the different departments most important among them being W&CD and RWSS, in implementing the health programs and combating epidemic situations, which they say are a role model for not just other districts of Orissa, but also for other states.
