LGH sets up dengue counters

On the directions of the Punjab government, the administration of Lahore General Hospital (LGH) set up dengue counters at emergency/outdoor departments for timely free-of-cost diagnosis, treatment and guidance of patients suffering from this virus. Doctors, nurses and other medical staff will be available to treat such patients in the Emergency and at the OPDs.

Post Graduate Medical Institute Principal Prof. Dr. Muhammad Al-freed Zafar expressed this while reviewing the anti-dengue activities, public awareness and the arrangements made to provide the best medical facilities to the patients at LGH on Monday morning.

On this occasion, MS LGH Dr. Khalid Bin Aslam told the Principal in briefing that 56 beds had already been reserved for dengue fever patients while this number would be increased to 200 in view of any need. Similarly, doctors and nurses had been assigned duties and were not allowed to go on leave without approval.

PGMI principal highlighted that strict monitoring should be done to eradicate dengue mosquito breeding in hospital building and the teams formed for this purpose should ensure careful inspection of roofs, lawns and pots of buildings so that there was no water accumulated at any place which could cause breeding of dengue mosquito. Similarly the practice of spraying on a daily basis to prevent dengue virus in LGH should also continue which would protect patients, families and health professionals.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 20^th, 2022.