The people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are praying for Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and the Punjab health department experts for providing timely help to control dengue epidemic through provision of medical treatment to the dengue patients as well as imparting training for the case management to the clinicians of Peshawar. Punjab Minister for Primary & Secondary Health Khawaja Imran Nazir claimed that the Peshawar High Court has also appreciated the expertise of Punjab in dengue control which is pride for us.
While addressing a meeting of medical superintendents of all the DHQ and THQ hospitals at a local hotel, here Saturday, Imran Nazir said that DHQ hospitals of Sheikhupura and Attock have achieved the target of MSDS set by the Punjab Healthcare Commission. He advised that other hospitals should follow these hospitals. Imran Nazir further said that government has doubled the medicine budget of DHQ and THQ hospitals and good quality medicines are being provided to the patients.
The minister directed all the medical superintendents to take immediate foolproof actions to check Congo and H1N1 influenza and separate wards also be set up for such patients. Earlier, Secretary Health Ali Jan Khan said that health week which was observed few days back was very successful experience under which integrated blood screening, vaccination and counseling camps have been set up in all the health facilities.
He said that keeping in view the success rate of this campaign permanent desks are being set up at DHQ level for blood screening of different diseases. He said that as a pilot project permanent desks for integrated blood screening camps would be set up at DHQ Hospitals Sheikhupura, Kasur and Nankana Sahib.
The meeting reviewed ongoing process of revamping the hospitals, installation of CT scan machines, inseminators for hospital waste management for infection control. Out sourcing of janitorial services, pathological lab services and training and capacity building of the staff were also discussed.