‘Monitor historical sites, bus stands, graveyards’
CM orders action against medical staff who avoid training.
LAHORE:
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has told officials to set up a system to monitor and supervise a campaign to eliminate mosquito breeding sites at historical places, gardens, parks, bus stands and graveyards.
Presiding over a daily meeting to review dengue control measures, the chief minister said the outbreak had given him the opportunity to see how efficient officials of the health and other departments are. It was decided at the meeting that female health workers would go door-to-door to raise awareness of preventive and precautionary measures.
Addressing the meeting, the chief minister said that the campaign against dengue involved people from all walks of life – officials, doctors, ulema, labourers, elected representatives, bureaucrats. He said that the dengue mosquito was everywhere so everyone would have to do their part to overcome the outbreak.
He said that doctors, nurses and paramedics were being sent to Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore for training in dengue treatment.
He said that the government had also arranged for the training of doctors at charity and private hospitals.
Sharif directed the health secretary to take departmental action against government doctors and paramedics who were not taking part in the training. He said that town committee chairmen must pay regular visits to hospitals to review treatment facilities.
The chief minister told officials to make sure that insecticide was being sprayed in private housing societies.
Earlier, town committee chairmen, secretaries, and the Lahore commissioner and district coordination officer briefed the meeting. According to a Special Branch report presented at the meeting, 140 private laboratories were checked on Monday and none were found charging above the fixed rate of Rs90 for blood tests.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 11th, 2011.
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has told officials to set up a system to monitor and supervise a campaign to eliminate mosquito breeding sites at historical places, gardens, parks, bus stands and graveyards.
Presiding over a daily meeting to review dengue control measures, the chief minister said the outbreak had given him the opportunity to see how efficient officials of the health and other departments are. It was decided at the meeting that female health workers would go door-to-door to raise awareness of preventive and precautionary measures.
Addressing the meeting, the chief minister said that the campaign against dengue involved people from all walks of life – officials, doctors, ulema, labourers, elected representatives, bureaucrats. He said that the dengue mosquito was everywhere so everyone would have to do their part to overcome the outbreak.
He said that doctors, nurses and paramedics were being sent to Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore for training in dengue treatment.
He said that the government had also arranged for the training of doctors at charity and private hospitals.
Sharif directed the health secretary to take departmental action against government doctors and paramedics who were not taking part in the training. He said that town committee chairmen must pay regular visits to hospitals to review treatment facilities.
The chief minister told officials to make sure that insecticide was being sprayed in private housing societies.
Earlier, town committee chairmen, secretaries, and the Lahore commissioner and district coordination officer briefed the meeting. According to a Special Branch report presented at the meeting, 140 private laboratories were checked on Monday and none were found charging above the fixed rate of Rs90 for blood tests.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 11th, 2011.