The rising count: 10 more test positive for dengue

30 patients currently under treatment at various hospitals.

LAHORE:

Ten more people tested positive for dengue fever on Monday taking the official count of dengue patients to 133 since March. According to the Health Department, 30 patients are still under treatment at various hospitals. The rest have been discharged on recovering from the disease.

Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Health Khwaja Salman Rafique on Monday expressed dissatisfaction with the dengue larvae eradication reports submitted by the Cantonment Board and the Health Department.

Directing the officers of the departments concerned to ensure effective coordination in this regard, Rafique said instead of sitting in their offices, the officers should personally monitor the anti-dengue arrangements.

He was presiding over an anti-dengue review meeting at the Cantonment Board office. MPA Ramazan Siddique Bhatti, Arifa Khalid, District Coordination Officer Noorul Amin Mengal, the Aziz Bhatti Town administrator and the town municipal officer, Chief Entomologist Dr Waseem Akram and representatives of the Health Department, the Punjab Horticulture Authority, the Lahore Waste Management Company and the Emergency Response Committee were also present.

Rafique said the purpose of holding these meetings was to review steps taken to control dengue virus.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 18^th, 2012.