Dengue control regulations enforced
PUNJAB Health Secretary Jehanzeb Khan has said that Dengue Control Regulations 2011 have been enforced in the province under the Punjab Epidemic Control Act 1958 for providing legal protection to the government steps taken for effective eradication of dengue virus.
Under these regulations, the government will have the powers to make various institutions binding to follow orders regarding eradication of this disease.
These regulations will remain enforced till November 30, 2011 during which necessary legislation will be made.
He said this while giving a briefing to the media in the committee room of the King Edward Medical University on Thursday about the steps taken by the government to control dengue fever.
KEMU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Asad Aslam Khan, Punjab Health Director General Dr Muhammad Aslam Chaudhry, Mayo Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Zahid Pervaiz and other officers of the Health Department were also present.
The health secretary said that under these regulations, owners of godowns of tyres, workshops, nurseries and construction places would be bound to destroy all such items which could cause spread of dengue.
Moreover every kind of hurdle will be removed from sewerage pipes and drains to improve the sewerage system. Similarly, artificial ponds will be dried at least once a week.
He said that under the regulations, authorised officers of Health Department would have the powers to enter any place for spray or inspection and register cases against violators. He said that educational institutions would take steps for checking of breeding of mosquitoes and awareness would be created among students about dengue.
Jehanzeb Khan said that health hotline 0800-99000 had been established for the guidance of private doctors and family physicians providing treatment to the dengue patients. Senior consultants will be available round the clock on this hotline to provide guidance to the doctors according to the specified guideline for treatment of patients and any doctors could get advice from the experts for proper treatment through hotline by telling about symptoms of dengue patients. He said that letters carrying guidelines prepared by a consensus committee, constituted by Health Department for dengue patients headed by Prof Faisal Masood, have been sent to more than 2,000 private doctors.
The health secretary said the Punjab government was utilising all financial and human resources to eliminate dengue virus.
He said that 608 confirmed dengue patients had been reported in Punjab of which 461 belonged to Lahore. He said that 14,019 patients had recovered and had been discharged from various hospitals of Punjab so far, out of which 12,196 belonged to Lahore. At present, 1,862 dengue patients are under treatment in hospitals of the province, 1581 of them in the hospitals of Lahore.
The total number of dengue patients in Punjab had reached 14,627 out of which 12,657 were from Lahore. Nine deaths occurred due to dengue during last the 24 hours.
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Dengue Control Regulations enforced: Dengue cuts down another seven
AHORE, Oct 6: Seven people fell prey to the fatal dengue on Thursday, while the Punjab health department that is constantly misreporting dengue fever and death cases, stated that only two deaths have been recorded.
The health department reported that Usman, son of Abdul Ghafoor, and Aziz Begum, 70, died of dengue hemorrhagic fever at Mayo Hospital. Investigation revealed that five other people – Babar, 40, Riaz, 70, Muhammad Sadiq, 70, Shakila Agha, 62, and Aqsa Fatima, 20 fell prey to dengue.
It is learnt that 503 new cases have been reported, including 88 cases at Mayo Hospital, 49 at Ganga Ram Hospital, 36 at Institute of Public Health, 42 at Services Hospital, 38 at Shaikh Zayed Hospital, 43 at Jinnah Hospital, 16 at Lahore General Hospital and 22 at Children's Hospital. As many as 169 cases have been reported in the private sector.
In all, as many as 23,805 dengue cases and 193 dengue deaths have so far been reported in Lahore.
Meanwhile, the Punjab health department has notified Dengue Control Regulations 2011 under the Punjab Epidemic Control Act to strengthen its hands for taking steps and binding people and institutions to follow orders and take measures to eliminate the virus.
Giving a briefing to media persons at the King Edward Medical University committee room on Thursday, Punjab Health Secretary Jahanzeb Khan said the dengue control regulations would remain enforced till Nov 30 and, in the meantime, necessary legislation would be made.
Under these regulations, the secretary said, owners of godowns of tyres, workshops, nurseries and construction places would be bound to destroy all such items that could cause spread of dengue larvae. He said the sewerage system would be improved by clearing all sewage pipes and drains.
He said artificial ponds would also be dried at least once a week for checking the spread of dengue. The regulations would also authorise the health department officials to enter any premises for spray as well as inspection.
They would also be able to register cases against those found violating instructions. He said educational institutions had also been directed to take steps for checking of breeding of mosquitoes and launch awareness campaign among students.
Mr Khan said the early detection of DHF could help prevent severe consequences. He said a senior professors' committee headed by Prof Dr Faisal Masood had developed a booklet to educate people about detecting early warning signs. He said some 2,000 booklets had been distributed among private practitioners and family physicians in Lahore to take informed decisions while examining patients.
He said a health hotline 0800-99000 had also been established for the guidance of private practitioners and family physicians with regard to treatment of dengue patients. He said the professors' committee was also sharing experiences of their respective teaching hospitals with regard to the treatment of dengue patients.
He said the teaching hospitals' administrations had also been authorised to recruit doctors, nurses and paramedics. He said fumigators had been recruited to carry out sprays in all localities.
Answering a question about the incident of robbery at a trader's house in which the gang came under the garb of fumigation team, Mr Khan said the incident was very serious and added that the health department would now issue identification cards to the fumigation team members.
Answering another question, he said there was opportunity in every crisis and added that doctors, nurses and paramedics were being recruited against the seats lying vacant.KEMU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Asad Aslam Khan, Director-General Health Punjab Dr Muhammad Aslam Chaudhry and Mayo Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Zahid Pervaiz were also present.
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Dengue control regulations enforced: health dept
LAHORE: Punjab Health Secretary Jehanzeb Khan has said that Dengue Control Regulations 2011 have been enforced in the province under the Punjab Epidemic Control Act 1958 for providing legal protection to the government steps taken for effective eradication of dengue virus.
Under these regulations, the government will have the powers to make various institutions binding to follow orders regarding the eradication of this disease. These regulations will remain enforced till November 30, 2011 during which necessary legislation will be made.
He said this while giving a briefing to the media in the committee Room of the King Edward Medical University on Thursday. The health secretary said that under these regulations, owners of godowns of tyres, workshops, nurseries and construction places would be bound to destroy all such items which could cause spread of dengue. Moreover, every kind of hurdle will be removed from sewerage pipes and drains to improve the sewerage system. Similarly, artificial ponds will be dried at least once a week.
He said under the regulations, authorised officers of the Health Department would have the powers to enter any place for spray or inspection and register cases against violators. He said that educational institutions would take steps for checking of breeding of mosquitoes.
The secretary said 608 confirmed dengue patients had been reported in the Punjab of which 461 belonged to Lahore. He said that 14,019 patients had recovered and had been discharged from various hospitals of the Punjab so far, out of which 12,196 belonged to Lahore. At present, 1,862 dengue patients are under treatment in hospitals of the province, 1,581 of them in the hospitals of Lahore.
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