Jamshedpur, July 18 -- The East Singhbhum health department transferred 20 doctors from urban areas to Potka and started a massive drive for testing and treatment of malaria in 20 villages of Potka Block on Saturday even as health minister Dr Irfan Ansari warned of strong action against negligent doctors and health staff, saying, 'no malaria death is acceptable,' officials said on Saturday.

District civil surgeon Dr Sahir Pal himself led the drive by inspecting a few villages and checked the health camps on Saturday.

"At least 20 doctors posted at the urban Ayushman Arogya Kendras of Jamshedpur have been shifted to rural Ayushman Arogya Kendras under the Potka community health centre (CHC). These doctors are holding mass screening, fiel...