Cabinet reviews anti-dengue measures

Punjab Minister for Health Dr Yasmin Rashid on Friday presided over a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on dengue control at Civil Secretariat, to review anti-dengue measures in the province.

Punjab Minister for Auqaf Syed Saeedul Hassan Shah, Punjab Chief Secretary Kamran Ali Afzal, the primary healthcare secretary, commissioner, Lahore deputy commissioner and officers concerned attended the meeting while divisional commissioners and deputy commissioners participated through video-link.

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The meeting decided to intensify anti-dengue activities in all the districts especially in Lahore, Rawalpindi and Faisalabad. It also directed the Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) to ensure the availability of dengue counters at all the private hospitals.

The provincial health minister said that keeping in view the current situation, special attention should be paid to indoor surveillance and in case of fever, dengue test of patient must be conducted. She directed the officers to improve the system of reporting dengue cases from private laboratories.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 18^th, 2021.