He told the APP that the administration has set up 93 centres and formed 186 mobile teams to vaccinate children, pregnant women and general public.
He said the vaccination drive would commence from September 20 and would go on for 12 days. He urged the public to cooperate with the teams in order to ensure maximum vaccination. He said a seminar would be arranged on September 18 in connection with the vaccination drive.
Muzaffargarh district coordination officer, Tahir Khursheed, has directed the officials to complete surveys of the damage caused by the floods so that relief efforts could be made more efficient. He asked the officials to make announcements in the target areas using loudspeakers so that maximum number of people could be interviewed. He ordered them to keep complete record of the displaced people along with their photographs.
The EDO (revenue), Muzaffar Khan, told the meeting that a total of 25,621 surveys had so far been completed in the Muzaffargarh district.
The director general flood relief, Khalid Dil Sheer, said though each flood victim will get Rs20,000, the families who had faced heavy losses would be given an additional Rs100,000 each. The district officer (Revenue), Fakharusalam Dogar and the deputy district officer (revenue) Kot Addu, Nasrallah Chadharr were also present on the occasion.
Healthcare surveys to streamline relief work in DG Khan
Survey teams have been directed to get comprehensive information on health facilities being provided to the dislocated people in relief camps. The information would be used by the district administrations to dispatch mobile healthcare teams to undertake vaccination and provide first aid.
It was decided in a meeting of departments concerned presided over by the district coordination officer, Iftikhar Ali Sahu. The DCO said he would not tolerate negligence in carrying out the task.
Once the surveys are complete, teams comprising patwaris, teachers and government officials will go through the data received from different parts of the city.
The DCO suggested the authorities concerned to shift the educational institutions whose buildings had been partially or completely damaged to alternative places.
The meeting was told that the survey of nearly 59 villages in Dera Ghazi Khan had already been completed.
Several public health facilities in Dera Ghazi Khan including the district headquarters (DHQ) hospital had been affected by the floods.PPI
‘More staff will be deployed in flood-affected areas’
The provincial Population secretary, Dr Ejaz Muneer, on Wednesday said more medical staff would be deputed in flood-affected districts to improve the healthcare services.
Talking to the divisional officers, he assured that he would consider giving honorarium to the officials working overtime in flood-affected areas. He vowed to reconstruct the health department infrastructure that had been damaged by the floods.
“We would soon summon a high-level meeting for the purpose,” he said.
The Dera Ghazi Khan district population officer, Huma Mehdi Khan, informed the meeting about the extent of the devastation caused by the floods.
In Rajanpur district alone, she said, as many as 39 union councils and about 436 villages with a population of 600,000 were affected. She said that in these areas 7,000 houses were completely washed away, while, 9,000 were partially damaged by the floods.
The meeting was further briefed about the relief measures undertaken for the displaced population. It was told that more than 85,162 people were taken to safe places through boats, while about 5,760 were provided with medical treatment.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 16th, 2010.
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