Chief Secretary Punjab Yousaf Naseem Khokhar on Wednesday directed the Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) to ensure reporting about dengue cases from private hospitals and labs. He issued these directions while presiding over a meeting at the Civil Secretariat to review the measures being taken to control dengue.
The Chief Secretary said that guidelines about dengue should be implemented in letter and spirit as no negligence would be tolerated in this regard. He said increase in number of patients in Rawalpindi and Lahore is a matter of concern. He warned that action would be taken against negligent officials.
He mentioned that a special cell set up by the Chief Minister is working round the clock to deal with the issues related to dengue control. He said surveillance teams should focus on quality and hiring of staff. All required resources would be provided to combat dengue, he added. "Awareness about dengue should be enhanced as people's cooperation can be very helpful in efforts to control dengue, relevant departments should play active role in this regard," he maintained. He ordered that availability of best healthcare and trained doctors and nurses be ensured for dengue patients in government hospitals and other health facilities.
Secretary Primary Health Muhammad Usman told the meeting that 2751 dengue cases have been confirmed in Punjab so far, adding that most of the cases have been reported from Rawalpindi, Lahore, Faisalabad, and Sargodha. He stated that private hospitals and labs are not reporting about dengue cases. He said in view of emergency in Rawalpindi, a 350-bed private hospital in Rawat has been arranged to manage patients load and trained doctors and nurses of health department have been deputed there.
The meeting was attended by administrative secretaries of different departments, Chairman PITB, Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner Lahore while deputy commissioners of other districts participated through video conference.
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