Peshawar:
Dengue Fever has arisen as a serious threat to public health in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, with 787 confirmed cases reported over the Peshawar division.
The District of Charsadda has been identified as the worst affected area that accounts for a staggering 718 cases, while Peshawar recorded 49, Nowshera 19, and Khyber and Mohmand Districts each one, both attached to travel.
The alarming increase in cases received a high-level meeting as chairman of Peshawar Division Commissioner Riaz Khan Mehsud, where Deputy Commissioners, District Health Officers, Entomologists and Officers of all five districts underwent the situation. The Commissioner ordered assistant commissioners to oversee anti-endgue operations at the Union’s level of advice, while Deputy Commissioners were asked to personally monitor progress.
Commissioner Mehsud ordered an immediate acceleration of anti-endgue spray campaigns and the establishment of medical camps in areas at high risk. Hospitals have been asked to assign separate departments and beds to Dengue patients. Public consciousness drives are also intensified to ensure that citizens adopt preventative measures.
The Commissioner expressed particular concern about the extraordinary number of cases in Charsadda and announced a study to determine the causes of the outbreak. “All districts must submit lists of important drugs and supplies to my office without delay,” he said, adding that accountability would be enforced in all phases of the answer.
Earlier this week, the provincial management has also taken urgent notice. Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, in the wake of heavy rain, which has created favorable relationships with mosquito farming, has directed emergencies against the nut days over Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
According to an official communication from the Minister of Chief’s Secretariat, Divisional Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners and all relevant departments have been ordered to initiate immediate sanitation campaigns.
These include drainage of stagnant rainwater at construction sites, markets, schools, government offices and drains, areas identified as first -class breeding grounds for dengue mosquito.
The health department has been instructed to arrange advance arrangements in hospitals, ensuring the availability of medicine, diagnostic sets and treatment facilities. An effective monitoring and reporting system has also been mandated to track dengue cases in real time throughout the province.
