Tag: #Dengue
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Dr Yasmin for best arrangements for Int’l anti-dengue conference
LAHORE, Dec 23 (APP): Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid Monday directed the best possible arrangements for International anti-dengue conference to be held in the provincial capital in the second week of January 2020. Chairing a meeting in the committee room of the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department here, she directed to make best possible…
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Health official says mo more dengue in Punjab
LAHORE, Dec 13 (APP): The Health Department utilised all available resources for eradication of dengue in the province, and provided the best treatment facilities to patients in public sector hospitals, and now there is no more dengue case across Punjab. This was stated by Director Dengue Control Dr Shehnaz in an exclusive talk with APP…
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Karachi registers death of woman exposed to dengue shock syndrome
KARACHI, Dec 09 (APP): Sindh Programma for Dengue Prevention and Control has confirmed death of a 38 year old lady exposed to dengue fever induced hemorrhagic shock at a local facility here on Monday. The deceased belonging to North Karachi was admitted to a hospital in the city with diagnosis of dengue fever and associated…
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All resources being utilised for coping with dengue: Dr Yasmin Rashid
LAHORE, Dec 5 (APP): Provincial Minister for Health Dr Yasmin Rashid, presiding over a meeting of cabinet committee here at Civil Secretariat, said that all resources were being utilised for coping with dengue issue. While addressing the meeting, she said that soon an international standard anti-dengue conference would be held in Lahore. She directed all…
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183 more dengue cases reported in Sindh
KARACHI (Nov 21, 2019): Dengue fever remains uncontrolled in Sindh as 183 more persons have been tested positive for the disease, Dunya News reported on Thursday. 171 individuals suffered from the virus in Karachi in last 24 hours which surged the total number of patients in the metropolis in November to 4,039. It is pertinent…
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All Dengue Patients Discharged from LGH
LAHORE, Nov 17 (APP): All dengue patients in the Lahore General Hospital (LGH) had been discharged after successfully treatment. According to details, PGMI Principal, Professor Alfreed Zafar has claimed that all dengue patients in the LGH had been discharged. He said a special ward had been set up for dengue patients where doctors and nurses…
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UN to test impact of mosquito sterilisation on disease spread
Geneva, Nov 14 (AFP/APP): The UN said Thursday it was preparing to test a sterilisation technique targeting mosquitoes that could help rein in the spread of a range of devastating diseases such as dengue and Zika. A form of insect “birth control”, called Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), has been used for decades to control crop-killing…
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Govt ready to eliminate dengue in twin cities
ISLAMABAD (19th Oct, 2019): The government has prepared a plan for eradication of dengue from Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Special Assistant on National Health Services Dr Zafar Mirza chaired a meeting to discuss the paln for eradication of dengue. Dr Zafar Mirza said Rs 19.64 million have been reserved for the plan to be executed in…
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Media to play role in raising awareness about dengue relating panic, self medication: DG health
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15 (APP):Director General Health Services, Dr Hasan Orooj on Tuesday emphasized upon media to play their positive role in raising public awareness regarding self medication and increasing panic among citizens about Dengue fever as it is a curable disease if citizens take early effective preventive measures. Talking to PTV news channel, DG health…
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Karachi Commissioner issues high alert
KARACHI, Oct 12 (APP): Commissioner of Karachi, Iftikhar Shallwani has issued an high alert to the districts’ administration as well to the municipalities to help combat dengue outbreak in the metropolis. Chairing a meeting in his office, he said equal attention was needed to be paid to control the menace of stray dogs with a…