Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday directed members of the national and provincial assemblies from the city and officials concerned to visit teaching hospitals everyday and submit a report to him on the condition of machinery used in the diagnosis and treatment of dengue patients.
He was speaking at a consultative meeting to review the measures taken by the provincial government for controlling the disease. Sharif said the machinery was critical for the provision of treatment facilities to sufferers. He directed that a strategy be evolved to deal with a possible breakdown of the machinery because of erratic electricity supply so that treatment is not affected.
He said countries such as Sri Lanka, Thailand and Indonesia have had outbreaks of dengue fever too. He said the provincial government was committed to eradicating the disease from the Punjab.
Sharif criticised the federal government for not responding to his requests on improving the power supply to the province.
He said the provincial government had finalised all arrangements to distribute 500,000 packets containing mosquito repellent and pamphlets with information on prevention measures among the people. He said the distribution of these packets would start in a few days.
Sharif was later briefed on proposals given by Indonesian experts visiting the province on how to deal with the outbreak.
Meanwhile, Health Secretary Jehanzeb Khan directed medical superintendents of teaching hospitals and principals of medical colleges to ensure that doctors on duty regularly take notes about all dengue fever patients under treatment at the teaching hospitals in the city.
He also asked them to inform the health director general about deaths from the disease within 24 hours. He said forms provided to the hospital administrations should be filled out for each casualty.
Six more dead
Six more deaths were reported from dengue fever in the city on Tuesday, taking the toll to 143 in Lahore and 156 in the province.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 5th, 2011.
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Great work by Shahbaz Sharif. He is doing the best, and managing things well under all sorts of challenges.
God bless you Sir!!! keep up the good work!