Sindh Health Department has planned to introduce the country's first-ever "Disease Early Warning System (DEWS)" in Karachi to combat dengue fever, official sources told Business Recorder here on Tuesday.
The Control System of DEWS would be set up in Karachi to control the provincial-wide hospitals, including Basic Health Units (BHUs) and other government dispensaries with the help of this system, sources said. "The summary about DEWS has been sent to the concerned authorities and after its approval it will be implemented," they said.
Sources added that DEWS was aimed to acquaint people with the epidemic diseases in advance which would help the citizens in taking precautionary steps. Health department has released a list of 21 kind of diseases, including Dengue Fever, Viral Hemeragic Fever, Jaundice, Hepatitis, Child Diseases, Diarrhea, Women related Diseases and others to maintain their data weekly basis after implementing of the system, sources said.
WHO was insisting on the government of Pakistan for the implementation of this system to save the public health from the onset of any of epidemic disease. Federal Government had intended to implement this system in 1999 but failed to succeed, however, presently the Sindh Health Department has taken decision to introduce this system, they said.
Dengue fever has hit the metropolis as expected by health experts as 16 suspected cases are reported during the last 24 hours in three hospitals and 5 has been confirmed, sources informed. "Four cases in Liaquat National Hospital and four cases in Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre are reported which yet to be confirmed," sources said.
Director of Bismillah Taqee Institute of Blood Diseases said while talking to Business Recorder that there were four types of Dengue fever and if those persons who were affected the last year by one of its type, had higher chances of once again affected by it.
Breeding of Aedes Agypty Mosquito has become manifold which attribute to growing number of Dengue fever" said Dr Tahir. It may be pointed out that over 80,000 suspected cases of dengue fever were reported last year allover the country while 80 persons succumbed to this lethal disease.
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