Sargodha DCO tours public hospitals in the district

Reprimands Kot Momin THQ hospital administration.

BAHAWALPUR/ SARGODHA: District Coordination Officer Waqas Ali Mahmood visited all the public hospitals in the district on Friday and inspected arrangements for treatment of measles patients.

Health EDO Mehmood Nazir Aqib briefed the DCO on the arrangements. He said the vaccine had been provided at all hospitals and administrations had been informed about the proper way to store it. Isolation wards had also been set up at all hospitals. The special anti measles drive will start from June 28 and end on July 9. As many as 884,959 children in the Sargodha district will be given vaccine during this time.

Aqib said keeping the threat of the disease in mind, the Health Department had ordered the officials concerned to ensure that the relevant equipment at the hospital was operational.

At the tehsil headquarter hospital in Shahpur, Medical Superintendent Bashir Ahmed briefed the DCO on the four-bed isolation ward. He said only four patients had been brought to the hospital in three months. They had all recovered.

Dr Mehmood Hafiz Younus told the DCO that the hospital had an adequate inventory of the vaccine for the campaign.

The DCO also visited the rural health centre in Jhaurian, and appreciated the arrangements.

At the rural health centre in Bhera, Medical Officer Mehmood Khayal told the DCO that 11,000 children would be given the vaccine in the town. He said eight teams had been given the immunisation task. He said a four-bed isolation ward had also been set up at the centre.

At the Miyani rural health centre, the DCO was told that 4,313 children would be vaccinated.

The DCO also visited the Kot Momin THQ hospital, where patients complained about the condition at the operation theatre and the labour room. The DCO inspected these and expressed his dissatisfaction with the lack of cleanliness at the hospital and dilapidated machines.

The DCO ordered the MS to improve the facilities in a week. He also directed the MS to submit a report in this regard.

Polio

As many as 260,000 children in Khanpur would be given polio vaccine during the drive that will begin on June 24, Deputy District Officer (Health) Aga Tauheed said on Friday.

As many as 151,000 children between six-months-old and 10-years-old would be given vitamin- A capsules. Tauheed said 84 teams of four members each and 31 teams of two-member each had been formed for the purpose. He said 426 Health Department workers will participate in the campaign.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 22^nd, 2013.