NO DENGUE PATIENT SO FAR REPORTED IN LAHORE---NO SUCH PATIENT ADMITTED IN ANY GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL IN THE PROVINCE: SPOKESMAN

NO DENGUE PATIENT SO FAR REPORTED IN LAHORE---NO SUCH PATIENT ADMITTED IN ANY GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL IN THE PROVINCE: SPOKESMAN

LAHORE(By our Bureau Chief)A spokesman of Health Department has said that satisfactory arrangements for the treatment of dengue patients are available in the government hospitals however, no dengue patient has so far been reported in Lahore. Moreover, at present no such patient is admitted in any government hospital in the province.

                        While commenting on the news published in a section of a press regarding the non-availability of treatment facilities for dengue patients in government hospitals, the spokesman clarified that Cabinet Committee on Dengue is regularly meeting every ten days which is chaired by the Advisor on Health Kh. Salman Rafique. Similarly, meetings of Town Response Committees are also being held on regular basis. During the Cabinet Committee meetings all the measures regarding dengue control as well as arrangements for the treatment of dengue patients in government hospitals are reviewed in detail and special focus always be given on ensuring treatment facilities for the patients.

                        The spokesman further said that Dengue Experts Advisory Group (DEAG) headed by Vice Chancellor King Edward Medical University Prof. Faisal Masood has imparted training to the doctors and nurses regarding case management of dengue patients. He said that DEAG has arranged training at divisional as well as district level to the doctors posted in public sector hospitals in the dengue wards. The spokesman further said that dengue wards and High Dependency Units (HDUs) are available in the hospitals and whenever dengue patients would be brought to the hospitals best treatment facilities would be ensured to the patients.