Sindh Health Department has planned to introduce "Disease Early Warning System (DEWS)" in the province, which will be first of its kind in Pakistan, official sources told Business Recorder on Saturday.
The Control System of DEWS will be set up in Karachi to control hospitals, basic health units (BHUs) and other government dispensaries through this system across the province. These hospitals will remain in contact with Karachi based central control system around the clock, according to sources.
"The summary about DEWS has been sent to the authorities concerned and after its approval it will be implemented," they said. "DEWS is aimed at to acquaint people with the epidemic diseases in advance which will help the citizens take necessary precautionary steps proactively," they said.
They said that the health department had released a list of 21 kind of diseases including Diarrhea, Dengue Fever, Viral Hemeragic Fever, Jaundice, Hepatitis, Child Diseases, Women related Diseases and others. "Data about 21 diseases will be collected from all over Sindh and maintain on a weekly basis after the implementation of this system," they added.
They said that new software had been made ready to collect and maintain the record about this system and data record of the diseases and patients from all over the province. They told that administrations of all provincial hospitals, basic health units and government dispensaries have been asked to take necessary steps for implementation of this system.
WHO was insisting on the government of Pakistan for implementation of this system to save the public health from the onset of any of epidemic disease. The federal government intended to implement this system in 1999 but failed. However, presently the Sindh Health Department has taken decision to introduce this system, they said.
"Karachi has been selected to establish this system which will be the first city of Pakistan where this system will be launched," they said. It may be recalled that during the last two years hundreds of patients died of epidemic diseases particularly from Hemeragic fever, Dengue fever and Hepatitis.
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