Commissioner Directs To Set Up Isolation Wards For Dengue Patients

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Commissioner directs to set up isolation wards for dengue patients

HYDERABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th Nov, 2016 ) : Commissioner Hyderabad Qazi Shahid Pervez has directed the officers of health department to set up isolation wards in all hospitals of Hyderabad Division with objective to save the people from the dengue virus.

Sindh Government has taken serious notice over the cases of dengue virus erupted in different parts of the province and directed effective control of dengue virus, the Commissioner informed this while presiding over a meeting here at his office on Thursday.

He said the health department should take prompt initiatives of improving health facility for the people and organize awareness programmes about preventive measures against dengue virus.

He also called upon the officers to carry out fumigation and launch awareness programmes advising people to use nets in their residences with covering of water tanks.

Among others Mayor Hyderabad Syed Tayyab Hussain, Deputy Commissioner Muatasam Abbasi, Focal Person on Dengue Dr. Iqbal Memon, Director Local Government, District Health Officers and Chief Medical Officers also present in the meeting.