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Bird Flu Scare: 'Centre not satisfied with WB'

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Posted: Jan 19, 2008 at 1545 hrs IST

Kolkata, January 19: The Centre is not satisfied with the steps being taken by the West Bengal government to tackle bird flu raging in some districts, Union minister of state for Health and Family Welfare Panabaka Lakshmi said on Saturday.

"No, we are not satisfied," Lakshmi, said when asked if the Centre was satisfied with the measures being taken by the state government to contain the disease.

The minister, however, did not specify exactly where the state government was lacking in its initiatives, but said that as per information available to her, compensation to poultry losers was not properly distributed.

Stating that the Centre was ready to help the state in every way to contain the disease, the Union Minister said, "We have already sent masks and other things to the state, besides five ventilators for the hospitals. We have sent these even without the state government's asking for them."

In reply to a question, Lakshmi said that she would visit the affected districts on Saturday and would hold a review meeting with state Health Minister Surya Kanta Mishra on Monday.

On Friday, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had described the bird flu situation as ‘very serious’.

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