After visiting Bengaon PHC, Acharya told reporters that since last 15 days, 21 mobile health units, ambulances, doctors are in the villages to attend to the patients. Seven doctors have been pressed into services to look after the patients. For emergency, another ten doctors from Burla Medical Hospital will be provided immediately when the district administration will ask for it, he informed.

Admitting that the intake of contaminated water with unhygienic food in remote areas has been the main cause for the recent outbreak of diarrhea, Acharya, however, said that necessary steps have been initiated to disinfect streams and all the drinking water sources. Bleaching powder has been supplied to all the villages and Rs 200 is being given to people bringing the patients to hospital.

He also assured to provide three mobile vans instantly to the PHC of Bengaon GP. When asked about the compensation to the kin of the deceased he replied that the matter will be discussed with collector R Santhagopalan and it will be announced soon. When asked about 73 doctor posts lying vacant in the district, he committed to fill those on a priority basis. The Central team doctors had taken stool samples of four patients at (RMRC) Regional Medical Research Cenrtre of Bhubaneswar where three samples out of four have been tested positive for Cholera, which has now been a measure concern of panic in the district.