Islamic Help sets up 100-bed hospital

MULTAN: Islamic Help United Kingdom is establishing a 100 bedded temporary hospital at Kot Addu for providing medical treatment to the flood victims. The Punjab health department would provide doctors and paramedical staff for the hospital.

Punjab Health Department director general Dr Mohammad Aslam Chaudhry said that Kot Addu was badly hit by the floods and needs more health facilities. He said that insecticidal spray campaign is continued in the flood affected districts to control malaria and other diseases.

He told that 90 spray squads are busy in a door to door spray and fumigation campaign in which approximately 550 officials are participating. Chaudhry said that the first phase of spray would be completed in DG Khan, Rajanpur, Layyah, Muzaffargarh, Mianwali and RY Khan by September 15.

He said that so far the Health Department doctors have provided treatment facilities to more than 1,450,000 flood victims and 81 trucks of medicines have been provided to the flood hit districts.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 9^th, 2010.