Ministry of Health  

DGHS is assessing the requirement of medical manpower and supplies. Teams have been constituted and kept in readiness including that of Psychiatrists in all Central Government institutions to be dispatched at short notice. About 90 doctors (consisting of 32 physicians including 6 psychiatrists, 41 General Duty Medical Officers, 16 Public Health Specialists), 5 nurses and 75 paramedics (including fumigators) have been mobilized from Central Government Institutions to the affected areas. Of the above, a team of 52 doctors consisting of public health specialists, medical specialists and General duty medical officers are deployed in A&N Islands to assist the UT Administration in providing medical relief. The teams from National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore is coordinating the Psycho social relief and rehabilitation work along with other premier institutions in the country  like AIIMS, PGI Chandigarh and Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi . These teams undertook OPD services at Port Blair relief camps and as of now 1850 affected and severely disturbed victims were given treatment. 34 volunteers have been trained at A&N Islands . A total of 27,537 have been attended by the central medical teams. The focus is on provision of safe drinking water, proper disposal of excreta, trench latrines and improvement of personal hygiene. 1.5 MT of Malathion, 500 Ltrs. Of Temephos, Fenthion and 5000 insecticide treated bed nets have been supplied to A&N Islands from AP. Ministry of Health is constantly monitoring the situation and there are no reports of any epidemic.